Pan Armenian News
NO PROPOSAL TO FORM ARMENIAN-TURKISH EXPERT COMMISSION FOR STUDY OF FACTS ON
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECEIVED BY KOCHARIAN ADMINISTRATION
14.04.2005 02:32
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Administration of President of Armenia Robert
Kocharian did not receive a letter from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, proposing to form a bilateral expert commission for study of facts
on the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915, stated Victor
Soghomonian, the Press Secretary of the Armenian leader. Meanwhile, as
reported by AFP agency, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stated in the
Parliament Wednesday that Erdogan has sent a letter to Kocharian proposing
to form the aforementioned commission. According to the sources, Turkey is
ready to hold talks with Armenia over the composition and the work of the
Commission. It could have become a step toward the normalization of the
relations between Armenia and Turkey, the report says.