ANKARA: Co-Patriarch Ateshyan appreciates PM Erdogan’s 1915 message

Daily Sabah, Turkey
May 2 2014

CO-PATRIARCH ATEÅ?YAN APPRECIATES PM ERDOÄ?AN’S 1915 MESSAGE

by Daily Sabah

ANKARA ‘ Turkey’s Orthodox Armenian Co-Patriarch Aram AteÅ?yan
expressed his pleasure with Prime Minister ErdoÄ?an’s unprecedented
condolence message on the incidents of 1915. The two met in the prime
ministry’s official residence for over 1.5 hours. Prior to the meeting
they exchanged gifts in a gesture of goodwill form both sides.

Co-Patriarch AteÅ?yan said, “I believe that this first step our
esteemed Prime Minister took, has been appreciated by the majority of
our community.” AteÅ?yan has accepted the condolences that PM ErdoÄ?an
has sent to the bearers and witnesses of the 1915 incidents. He also
reminded the people that both sides need to make sacrifices and that
it is not a one sided affair.