Author: Kajoyan Gevork

DANBY TOWN TALK: DUKE TENDS TO FLOWERS; OLD FRIENDS GET IN TOUCH

Ithaca Journal
September 18, 2008
NY

Alfred Schoneman is a familiar name in Danby, although most people
would know him by his nickname, "Duke."

Duke built his house on Danby Road in the 1950s and has lived there
ever since. In 1953, Duke and wife Dawn planted flowers that resulted
in a beautiful large garden full of gladiolas and dahlias, so they
decided to sell the flowers alongside the road. All through the years
Duke has lovingly tended to his flowers, which continue to thrive
and grow today.

Old friends sample hurricane It’s always a nice "perk" of writing this
column to hear from folks with Danby ties who have moved away. Such
is the case with these two stories.

John and Loreen Galt, formerly of Danby and now living in North
Carolina, write to tell me they experienced their first tropical
storm courtesy of Hurricane Hanna.

Luckily there was no severe damage done in the Galts’
neighborhood. Their son, Tim, who lives with his family in Maryland,
has gone into insurance fraud investigations. Daughter Kate lives
in South Carolina with her family. The surprising news from Loreen
is that she and John will also soon be settling in South Carolina,
which they are very happy about, but she asked me to tell all her
Danby friends they are greatly missed.

I also heard from Bill Genter, formerly of Danby now living in
Florida, with thoughts on the long-time friendship of his dad, William
I. Genter, and George Peter, formerly of Danby, who recently passed
away in Aurora.

The men knew each other from when they were boys in Danby, where
George’s parents settled in South Danby after passing through Ellis
Island. They were given the last name Peter when an immigration
official could not pronounce George’s Armenian name. William grew up
on a small farm on East Miller Road, in the house where Danby town
clerk Carol Sczepanski lives.

They both played on the Danby baseball team. George and William
remained close through World War II. George moved to Puerto Rico
in the early 1960s to work with Dr. Bill Gordon on the construction
of the Arecibo Observatory, which was then a Department of Defense
facility. Back in Ithaca, George ran his TV business as well as
heading up the Radio Astronomy Research Lab on Fisher Settlement Road
in South Danby.

William Genter passed away in 1965.

When Bill Genter returned from working in New York City in 1972, he
was hired to work in this lab, and coming full circle, his supervisor
would be George Peter.

Bill says, "With George’s encouragement, I obtained my degree and
also became a Master Mason, raised to the third degree by George,
one of the finest men I’ve ever met."

Sarah Wyatt samples fire camp Sarah Wyatt, 15, daughter of Linda Wyatt,
has graduated from Phoenix Fire Camp, a weeklong overnight camp for
teenage girls to explore opportunities for women in fire and emergency
services through hands-on training and classroom instruction.

Sarah was one of 24 girls, ages 14-19, selected from a statewide pool
of applicants. The camp is conducted annually by Fire Service Women of
New York State in partnership with the Utica Fire Department. Sarah
plans to join the Danby Volunteer Fire Company as a junior member as
soon as she reaches the minimum age of 16. Congratulations, Sarah!

Little blue pool packed away For all those who have asked, I have
said goodbye to my little blue pool, as it is now drained, cleaned
and stored away until we meet again next summer. And, truth be told,
we packed it away the day before the temperature hit 92 last Sunday. Go
figure!

IRAN PLAYS THE MEDIATOR
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Asia Times Online
Sep 20, 2008
Hong Kong

Contradicting the United States’ negative image of Iran as a rogue
state threatening its neighbors, its foreign policy machinery is
churning out proactive initiatives aimed at de-escalating tensions
in the region, with particular focus on the Caucuses and Central Asia.

Tehran’s role as a mediator is taking shape as President Mahmud
Ahmadinejad prepares for his visit to New York to attend next week’s
annual United Nations gathering. But a hostile reception is guaranteed
there as demonstrations planned against him will be bolstered by the
presence of Republican vice presidential hopeful Senator Sarah Palin.

Palin should be aware of the importance of courting Iran at this

critical hour, rather than strengthening the caricature of Iran
painted by simplistic anti-Tehran voices in the US. The nation’s recent
diplomatic interventions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Russia
and Georgia, are an enlightening indication of Iran’s capacity to act
as a "main pillar of regional stability", to paraphrase Ahmadinejad
in his latest interview.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced during his
visit to Tbilisi, Georgia, on September 17 that Iran is prepared to
assist with "finding new ideas that can help the region exit from
the present [Georgia-Russia] crises". In his meeting with Mottaki,
Georgia’s embattled President Mikheil Saakashvili also admitted that
Iran had a "big place in the region".

Mottaki hinted at Iran’s readiness to mediate between Tbilisi and
Moscow, but added, "The absence of a declared position means that
decisions on this matter have not been made yet."

In addition to its physical proximity and historical ties, Georgia
is also important for Iran because of the planned north-south energy
and transport corridor which will traverse the Caucasus. Iran and
Georgia are exploring ways to improve bilateral commercial and energy
relations. With a nod from Moscow, as well as from the European Union,
Iran could play a catalytic role in mediating the explosive conflict.

But to play this role optimally, Iran must enhance its security
dialogue with Europe – which is why Mottaki also visited Germany as
part of his whirlwind diplomatic efforts to tackle the crisis – and
break some ice with the US, as Washington may still seek to block
Iran’s efforts if it misperceives them as an adjunct to Russia’s
diplomacy.

Iran is keen to harvest any windfall from the new US-Russia tensions,
as already seen in Moscow’s impending sale of a new anti-aircraft
system to Tehran, but such a misperception about Iran by the US is not
helpful. It would be folly to ignore Iran’s concerns about Russia’s
ambitions, which Tehran University political scientist Elaheh Koolaye
described as an effort to "restore hegemony".

Most Iranian political analysts do not anticipate any new shift
in Iran-Russia relations, and if anything Mottaki’s meeting with
Saakashvili – declared a "political corpse" by Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev – indicates that Iran is not intent on blindly following
Moscow’s script, particularly if Moscow continues with its anti-Iran
measures at the UN.

>From Tehran’s vantage point, ruling Russian nationalists are capable
in the long run of mischief even nearer to Iran’s borders, which is
why Iran is presently committed to a dual containment strategy with
respect to the US and Russia. However, the United States’ escalating
pressure on Iran may soon translate into it increasingly siding with
Russia to counter a common US threat.

But with Iran and the United States enjoying a pool of shared
interests in the Persian Gulf, it would be wrong to attribute Iran a
"Cold War lens", when Iran operates as a regional power based on its
own independent calculations.

Iran has embarked on new and energetic efforts to mediate the
territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and that was a
main message delivered in the Armenian capital Yerevan by the visiting
Mottaki before his trip to Georgia. Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian was also told by Ahmadinejad during a previous visit
to Tehran that "there is no need for NATO [North Atlantic Treaty
Organization] for the resolution of regional problems".

Iran’s new conflict-management momentum is partly due to its fear that
regional tensions could adversely affect its own national security
interests, and partly born by Tehran’s determination to offset Turkey’s
attempt to form a Caucasus alliance which would exclude Iran.

In his recent historic visit to Armenia, Turkish President Abdullah Gul
proposed a Caucasus alliance comprising Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
the US and Russia. But given the new Russia-Turkey tensions in the
Black Sea – which resulted in Russia’s stunning move to ban Turkish
goods – any such talk of an "alliance" is viewed with suspicion
by Moscow and Tehran as an indirect bid by Washington to move the
geopolitical pieces against both Russia and Iran.

"For now it looks like a football match with the US and Turkey on one
side and Iran and Russia on the other, and that is why Moscow needs
Iran more than ever before and cannot risk taking any action that
would alienate Iran," a Tehran political analyst told the author. He
emphasized the need for Russia to show goodwill by finishing the
Bushehr nuclear power plant and giving Iran "some of the sophisticated
arms, such as tanks" that Moscow has refused until now.

But what about Moscow’s own misgivings about Iran’s peaceful nuclear
program, which have caused Moscow to back three rounds of UN sanctions
on Iran? The Tehran analyst dismisses those misgivings and points
out that Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Mousavi has flatly denied new
allegations by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran has
attempted to redesign its Shahab-III missiles to carry a nuclear
payload.

According to Mousavi, Iran’s missile program is for defensive purposes
and has no nuclear weapon components.

Such assurances by Tehran undoubtedly go a long way in addressing
Moscow’s concerns, thus paving the way for Russian arms sales to
Iran. An important issue is how Washington will react to these
developments. In an interview with IRDiplomacy, Mousavi indicated
that a number of Arab states in the region "have entered the scene and
various efforts are underway … to forge some diplomatic understanding
between Tehran and Washington".

Even in the US, in light of a recent letter to President George W
Bush signed by five former US secretaries of state urging the White
House to enter into direct negotiations with Iran, there is a great
deal of sentiment in favor of reaching a modus vivendi with the
Islamic republic.

Unfortunately, as reflected in Palin’s ill-advised decision to speak
against Ahmadinejad at a Jewish rally in New York, the mood in the
US is dominated by pro-Israel forces, who are apt to geopolitical
reductionism and constant demonization of Iran for the sake of Israel’s
narrow interests.

In his latest press conference, Ahmadinejad promised "some good news"
after returning from New York, and there are unconfirmed reports of
an Iran-"Iran Six" meeting on the sidelines of the UN gathering to
discuss the Iran nuclear standoff.

A first step by Washington to acknowledge Iran’s role in regional
stability is still missing though, and one should not expect any
reference to it in Palin’s speech at the planned anti-Ahmadinejad
rally.

Kaveh L Afrasiabi, PhD, is the author of After Khomeini: New Directions
in Iran’s Foreign Policy (Westview Press) and co-author of "Negotiating
Iran’s Nuclear Populism", Brown Journal of World Affairs, Volume XII,
Issue 2, Summer 2005, with Mustafa Kibaroglu. He also wrote "Keeping
Iran’s nuclear potential latent", Harvard International Review, and is
author of Iran’s Nuclear Program: Debating Facts Versus Fiction. For
his Wikipedia entry, click here.

(Copyright 2008 Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. All rights reserved

OH2: SCHMIDT’S TURKISH SUPPORT EXAMINED

The Frontrunner
September 18, 2008 Thursday

Under the headline, "Why Turks Love Jean Schmidt," The Cincinnati
Enquirer (9/18, Rulon, 222K) reports, "G. Lincoln McCurdy, who is
treasurer of the Turkish Coalition USA PAC, said [Rep. Jean] Schmidt
first appeared on the PAC’s radar after she was criticized by Armenian
groups for opposing a House resolution that recognizes the Armenian
genocide." Her opponent, an Armenian-American, David Krikorian,
"says he’s not running against Schmidt because she believes the
Armenian genocide did not happen. But, when asked, he has a lot to
say on the topic." First, he asks how Schmidt can "deny a historical
fact," then he calls her a "scary lady." A Schmidt campaign spokesman
said she believes there were atrocities committed on both sides and
she doesn’t believe that it was a state-sponsored act.

SUITABLE FORMAT

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
16 Sep 2008
Armenia

OSCE Minsk Group is a suitable format for the settlement of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. The US permanent representative in NATO Kurt Walker
said touching upon NATO’s possible interference in the settlement of
frozen conflicts.

The diplomat meanwhile announced that the relations between Armenia
and Turkey would have positive impact on the settlement of the conflict
and the region in general. "The establishment of diplomatic relations
between Armenia and Turkey and the open borders will have positive
impact on the whole region," he said.

ENMITY WITH ISLAM ‘CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY’
Thomas Seibert

The National
Sept 17 2008
United Arab Emirates

ISTANBUL // In a sign of his simmering anger about what he sees as
baseless accusations against Islam in the West, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Turkey’s prime minister, has called on the international community
to declare the enmity against Islam a "crime against humanity".

Addressing Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, his Spanish counterpart, and
about 2,500 other guests in Istanbul at a celebratory iftar meal on
Monday, Mr Erdogan said: "No culture, no civilisation should belittle
the other, despise the other or see the other as an enemy."

Mr Erdogan and Mr Zapatero, leaders of a Muslim nation and a Catholic
country, respectively, that both suffered from serious attacks by
extremists – Istanbul in 2003 and Madrid in 2004 – are partners in
and co-sponsors of a UN project called Alliance of Civilisations,
which was formed in 2005. The alliance "aims to improve understanding
and co-operative relations among nations and peoples across cultures
and religions and, in the process, to help counter the forces that
fuel polarisation and extremism", according to the mission statement
on the initiative’s website.

Under Mr Erdogan’s government, Turkey has started to play a more
active role on the international stage in recent years, pushing for
membership in the European Union and cementing its alliance with
the United States while at the same time deepening its ties with
the Islamic world without giving up its close relationship with
Israel. Ankara won praise recently for facilitating indirect talks
between Israel and Syria. After clashes between Georgia and Russia in
August, Mr Erdogan suggested the formation of a new Caucasus alliance
as an instrument of conflict prevention and resolutions.

In the Alliance of Civilisations, Mr Erdogan has emerged as a leading
representative of the Islamic countries, said Semih Idiz, a foreign
policy columnist with the daily Milliyet. As a politician with roots
in political Islam and leader of a party that has many pious Muslims
among its voters, Mr Erdogan is very sensitive to what he sees as
western prejudices towards Muslims, Mr Idiz said.

"Islamic countries are watching closely what he does," Mr Idiz said
about Mr Erdogan’s role in the Alliance of Civilisations. "He is a
sort of spokesman, representing the Islamic world in the platform."

But at the same time Mr Erdogan had to take into account that he
himself had to take "brave steps", Mr Idiz said. After the murders of
the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and of three Christians in
the central Anatolian town of Malatya last year, the Erdogan government
was criticised for not being outspoken enough in its condemnation of
the killings.

In his speech at the iftar on Monday, Mr Erdogan stressed the need
for a dialogue without prejudices.

"The principle mission of the Alliance of Civilisations is an effort
to understand each other correctly," he said. The fear of Islam that
has spread in the West, a development he called a "paranoia", makes
it harder to reach that aim, he said.

"The fear called Islamophobia is a pathological state of mind, as
the name says," Mr Erdogan said in his speech, according to reports
in Turkish newspapers and television stations. "We expect members
of other civilisations to declare Islamophobia a crime against
humanity, especially while we say that anti-Semitism is a crime
against humanity."

Mr Erdogan has criticised the West for harbouring "Islamophobia"
before, saying that Muslims felt "under siege". But this time, the
prime minister went further, accusing the West of trying to define
values of a global civilisation all by itself.

"We think that civilisation is global, and that civilisation cannot be
interpreted like an ideology that belongs to the West," he said. After
a first international forum held in Madrid in January this year,
the Alliance of Civilisations will hold its second forum in Istanbul
in April. Mr Idiz said the platform had become a vehicle to defuse
tensions between the West and the Islamic world.

"We saw that after the cartoon crisis," he said, referring to the
anger in the Islamic world after the publication of cartoons depicting
the Prophet Mohammed by a Danish newspaper in 2005. At a meeting in
Doha in Feb 2006, members of the alliance discussed ways to calm the
waters after the crisis.

In his speech at iftar, Mr Zapatero promised his country’s continuing
support for Turkey’s bid to become a member of the European Union,
the only such application by a predominantly Muslim nation.

"With the membership of Turkey, we will have a much stronger European
Union," Mr Zapatero said. Spain is one of the few EU states that
support Turkey’s applications, while the governments of such other
big EU nations as France and Germany have voiced reservations about
giving membership to Turkey. Membership talks started in 2005 and
are expected to last at least another six years.

SERZH SARGSYAN: WORDS OF CONDOLENCE DIFFICULT TO UTTER

Panorama.am
19:30 16/09/2008

On September 13 the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has sent
a condolence letter to the President of Russian Federation Dmitry
Medvedev for the airplane crash and the victims reported the press
service of the President’s Administration.

The President condoled for the airplane crash of Moscow-Perm flight
and the victims who are dead in the result of the crash. The President
mentioned that after witnessing Sochi airplane crash he knows how it
is difficult to condole the relatives and friends of the victims.

Topalov’s late show
By Malcolm Pein

Daily Telegraph/UK
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 15/09/2008

Another storming finish from Veselin Topalov secured the 150,000 Euro
first prize in the inaugural Grand Slam Final at Bilbao. In the tenth
and final round Topalov overcome Vasily Ivanchuk with some dynamic play
from a position many players would have given up as drawn. The three
points for a win and one for a draw scoring system ensured Topalov’s
two wins in his last three games propelled him into first place. There
was another bonus for the former FIDE champion as he moved to number
one on the unofficial live rating list.

I was able to witness the innovative arrangements first hand at the
Plaza de Nuevo which hosted a unique chess festival for twelve days.
The glass aAquarium’ is a remarkable construction that allows the
players to concentrate undisturbed while outside there is live
commentary and a variety of chess tournaments for amateurs being played
during the round. The sound proofing is so effective that the Chief
Engineer told me that the players would not be disturbed if a light
plane were to land in the square during play.

Round nine results: Radjabov draw Carlsen, Caro Kann; Anand draw
Topalov, Caro Kann; Ivanchuk draw Aronian, Ruy Lopez Exchange.

Round ten results: Topalov 1-0 Ivanchuk, Slav Meran; Carlsen draw
Anand, Slav Exchange; Aronian 0-1 Radjabov, King’s Indian g3.

Players receive three points for a win.

Final scores: 1 Topalov (Bulgaria) 17; 2-3 Carlsen (Norway), Aronian
(Armenia) 13; 4 Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 12; 5 Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 10; 6
Anand (India) 8.

V Topalov ` V Ivanchuk
Grand Slam Final Bilbao (10)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3
Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.0`0 0`0 11.Qc2 h6!? (11…a6; 11…Qe7)

12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 (Not 15.f4 Bd4+ 16.Kh1 Ng4
17.h3 Qh4)

15…a6 16.Be3 c5!? (Sacrificing a pawn but Re8 17.Rad1 Qe7 was
playable)

17.Bxc5 Re8 (Intending to take on c3 then e4)

18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Nd5! Nxd5 20.exd5 Bxb2 21.d6! Qc6 22.f3 Rec8 (22…Rac8
23.d7 Qxd7 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Rxd7)

23.Bh7+! Kh8 24.Be4 Qxc5+ 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Bxb7 Rd8 27.Rfe1 Be5
(27…Bxa3 28.d7 Kh7 29.Re8)

28.d7 a5 29.f4 Bc7 30.Bd5! Kh7 (30…Rxd7 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Be4+ f5
33.Rxd7)

31.Bxf7 Rf5 32.Ba2 Rxf4 33.Bb1+ Kg8 34.Bg6! Bb6+ 35.Kh1 Bc5 36.Rc1 Bf8
(36…Bxa3 37.Rc8 Rff8 38.Rxd8 Rxd8 39.Re8+)

37.Red1 Bxa3 38.Rc8 Rff8 39.Be8! Be7 40.Re1 Bg5 41.g3! (The bishop is
forced off the h4-d8 diagonal)

41…a4 42.h4 Bf6 43.Re6 1`0

Ivanchuk

Topalov

Final position after 43.Re6 and Rxf6 follows undermining the rook on
d8.

The Women’s World Championship Final will be between fourteen year old
Hou Yifan of China and Russia’s Alexandra Kosteniuk. Hou Yifan
elimin
ated Humpy Koneru of Indian in two Blitz Games after the
Classical Chess match and two Rapid games ended 1-1.

England number one Michael Adams was held to a draw by the French IM
Thal Abergel in the fourth round of the EU Championship taking place at
the Liverpool World Museum but remains a joint leader in a group of
twelve on 3.5/4.

Danny Gormally held the French Super GM Etienne Bacrot to a draw with
black. The European Individual champion Sergei Tiviakov lost and Nigel
Short’s woes continued as he just scrambled a draw against IM Lorin
D’Costa of Hertford.

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 12 2008

Iran, Armenia and Russia to Investigate New Oil Pipeline Construction Project
12.09.08 15:37

Azerbaijan, Baku, 12 September / Trend Capital / According to the
Armenian Industry and Energy Ministry, Iran, Armenia and Russia
investigate the joint oil pipeline construction project. This was
reported by Iranian Isna agency.

`At present, the trilateral special commission from Armenia, Iran and
Russia on construction of an oil refining in Armenia, has commenced
investigation to lay an oil pipeline,’ Armen Movsisyan, the Armenian
Industry and Energy Minister, said.

The oil refining, which is expected to be built in Armenia, will
produce 7mln tons oil per year. Construction’s cost is $2.5bln or
$3bln.

World Markets Research Centre
Global Insight
September 12, 2008

Swiss, Turkish Foreign Ministers Sign MoU in Wake of Turkish-Armenian
Rapprochement

by Grace Annan

Yesterday, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and her Turkish
counterpart Ali Babacan ratified an addition to the Turkish-Swiss
Memorandum of understanding (MoU) of 2001. The addition calls for
regular meetings on the economy, environment, energy, migration,
tourism and terrorism. Calmy-Rey welcomed the restart of talks on
economic matters in particular. Swiss President Pascal Couchepin is
visiting Turkey in November to celebrate the 80th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Significance:The Turkish government is trying to enhance its profile
as important mediator and force on the international stage. European
governments have recognised the potential of Turkey to help resolve a
number of frozen conflicts in the Caucasus, notably regarding
Nagorno-Karabakh (see Turkey – Armenia – Azerbaijan: 11 September
2008: ). This is helping to mend ties what have recently been
"difficult" governments, such as that of Switzerland. Relations
between Switzerland and Turkey have been tense due to different views
on the status of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the 1915
killing of Armenians by armies of the Ottoman Empire. Switzerland does
not consider the PKK a terrorist organisation and passed a law that
makes the denial of the World War I killings of Armenians as genocide
an offence. The recent thaw in Turkish-Armenian relations has
encouraged Calmy-Rey to sign the improved MoU with Turkey. Yet this is
only the beginning and investors need to wait and see; so long as the
two countries cannot agree on a joint interpretation of the status of
the PKK and on a common position regarding the 1915 killings, tensions
could flare up again at any moment.

ACCORDING TO TIGRAN TOROSIAN, RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE IS NECESSARY FIRST OF ALL FOR TURKEY AND TURKISH PEOPLE

Noyan Tapan

Se p 11, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving on September 11 the
delegation headed by Special Commissioner of Greek Foreign Minister,
Ambassador Nicholaos Kalantsianos, the speaker of the RA National
Assembly Tigran Torosian expressed confidence that Greece to assume
the OSCE chairmanship may help settle the regional problems and
Armenia is ready to take part in this important process.

N. Kalantsianos in his turn said that after Greece assumes the OSCE
chairmanship in 2009, the organization will keep the developments
in Georgia in the center of its attention and will do its best to
overcome the crisis in cooperation with the EU and OSCE member states.

NT was informed by the RA National Assembly PR Department that at the
request of N. Kalantsianos, T. Torosian presented his opinions about
solution of the Karabakh problem and the Armenian-Turkish relations. As
regards the issue of resolving the Karabakh conflict, the NA speaker
said that the fact that the conflict is viewed as one between Armenia
and Azerbaijan (by ingnoring the NKR) is a miscomprehension, whereas
the OSCE recognized Nagorno Karabakh as a conflict party and the
ceasefire document was signed by the three parties. According to him,
the only realsitic solution of the problem is to recognize the NKR
people’s right of self-determination.

T. Torosian said that the Nagorno Karabakh problem is one of Turkey’s
preconditions for establishing relations with Armenia, while over 17
years of its independence Armenia has never put forward a precondition
for the establishment of relations. Referring to his contacts with
the Turkish deputies in the PACE, the NA speaker noted that they have
some complexes in their attitude to Armenia and the Armenians and the
reason is apparently the genocide, recognition of which is necessary
first of all for Turkey and the Turkish people in order to get rid
of this complexes.