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Armenia Invites Turkey's Erdogan to Attend Genocide Commemoration
Ceremony in Yerevan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may take part in Yerevan's
commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide
by the Ottoman Empire
(c) RIA Novosti. Sergei Guneyev
16:53 29/08/2014
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YEREVAN, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
has invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take part in
Yerevan's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian
Genocide by the Ottoman Empire, according to an official statement
published on Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
"During the reception given after the ceremony in the honor of the
heads of delegations, Minister Nalbandian had a short conversation
with President Erdogan and handed him over the official invitation of
the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to attend the Remembrance
Ceremony, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide that will
take place in Yerevan on April 24, 2015 [sic]," the statement says.
The Armenian Genocide refers to the Ottoman government's extermination
of Armenians in their historical homeland during World War I.
Ottomans massacred the Armenian male population and sent Armenian
women, children and elderly on so-called "death marches," on which
thousands of captives died.
In total, over 1.5 million Armenians were killed during the mass genocide.
Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, refuses to
recognize the Armenian Genocide.
No diplomatic relations exist between Turkey and Armenia, and the
Turkish-Armenian border has been closed since 1993.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated following the
escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as Turkey openly supports
Azerbaijan's position in the dispute.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict evolved from the war of 1988-1994
between ethnic Azeris and Armenians who fought for the disputed lands
of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. More than 35,000 people died in the
war, but tensions in the region remain.
In 2008, the Armenian president initiated the process of establishing
diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In 2009, the "Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
Between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia" was signed
by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Armenian
counterpart Edward Nalbandian in the Swiss city of Zurich.
The same year, Erdogan froze the agreement and made it clear that
Ankara would not establish diplomatic relations with Yerevan and open
its borders before the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved.
http://en.ria.ru/politics/20140829/192459420/Armenia-Invites-Turkeys-Erdogan-to-Attend-Genocide-Commemoration.html
Ceremony in Yerevan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may take part in Yerevan's
commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide
by the Ottoman Empire
(c) RIA Novosti. Sergei Guneyev
16:53 29/08/2014
Related News
Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan Ready to Continue Dialogue on
Nagorno-Karabakh - Lavrov
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Customs Union - Lavrov
Azerbaijan, Armenia Count on Russia's Assistance in Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict Settlement
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YEREVAN, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
has invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take part in
Yerevan's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian
Genocide by the Ottoman Empire, according to an official statement
published on Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
"During the reception given after the ceremony in the honor of the
heads of delegations, Minister Nalbandian had a short conversation
with President Erdogan and handed him over the official invitation of
the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to attend the Remembrance
Ceremony, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide that will
take place in Yerevan on April 24, 2015 [sic]," the statement says.
The Armenian Genocide refers to the Ottoman government's extermination
of Armenians in their historical homeland during World War I.
Ottomans massacred the Armenian male population and sent Armenian
women, children and elderly on so-called "death marches," on which
thousands of captives died.
In total, over 1.5 million Armenians were killed during the mass genocide.
Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, refuses to
recognize the Armenian Genocide.
No diplomatic relations exist between Turkey and Armenia, and the
Turkish-Armenian border has been closed since 1993.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated following the
escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as Turkey openly supports
Azerbaijan's position in the dispute.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict evolved from the war of 1988-1994
between ethnic Azeris and Armenians who fought for the disputed lands
of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. More than 35,000 people died in the
war, but tensions in the region remain.
In 2008, the Armenian president initiated the process of establishing
diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In 2009, the "Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
Between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia" was signed
by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Armenian
counterpart Edward Nalbandian in the Swiss city of Zurich.
The same year, Erdogan froze the agreement and made it clear that
Ankara would not establish diplomatic relations with Yerevan and open
its borders before the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved.
http://en.ria.ru/politics/20140829/192459420/Armenia-Invites-Turkeys-Erdogan-to-Attend-Genocide-Commemoration.html