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Armenia And Turkey Hold Secret Talks, Turkish Sources Say

ARMENIA AND TURKEY HOLD SECRET TALKS, TURKISH SOURCES SAY

PanARMENIAN.Net
31.05.2006 14:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Secret talks between Turkey and Armenia, launched
after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote a letter to Armenian
President Robert Kocharian, have failed to make any headway coming
out of their third round. A part of the third session of secret talks
was held on the sidelines of the Turkey-European Union Troika meeting
in Vienna, Austria last March. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul closely
followed the meetings with Armenian officials that were kept secret
from the media, CNN-Turk reported. Sources say that the Armenian
response reached Ankara early this month to Turkey’s suggestion
for the establishment of two committees to discuss mutual relations
wasn’t welcomed, and the answer “to the Turkish suggestions that they
received was watered down.”

The Turkish side had proposed the establishment of two committees
to simultaneously hold talks on political issues and the Armenian
Genocide. In response, Yerevan rejected the Turkish suggestions. It
underlined that scholars can debate the issue in conferences.

Nevertheless Armenia did request the revival of political talks between
the two countries. Following Yerevan’s objection to the establishment
of the two committees, including one comprised of historians from
both countries to study the Armenian genocide claims, Ankara is now
preparing for the fourth round of secret talks. Foreign Ministry
officials underlined that continued debates over the genocide claims
have “poisoned” Turkey’s relations with other countries.

Ankara will continue to exert effort to find a middle ground and
to solve its problems with Yerevan, they added, reported The New
Anatolian.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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