ARMENIAN PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE: WITHOUT ITS ARMENIAN COMMUNITY TURKEY WILL BECOME LAME

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Monday, March 5, 23:00

Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop Aram Ateshyan met
with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahvet Davutoglu on Saturday.

Hurriyet reports that the meeting was part of Davutoglu’s visits to
Turkey’s minority religious leaders.

Ateshyan expressed concern over the recent anti-Armenian rallies in
Istanbul’s Taksim Square. He said that if Armenians are deported from
Turkey, that country will become lame.

Ateshyan noted that it was the first time a Turkish government
remembered their community and said that Davutoglu’s visit was very
meaningful.

In his turn Davutoglu said: “For us the rights of all our citizens are
equal. Together we will overcome the prejudices that are contradictory
to this big culture that Turks and Armenians built together.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress