NTV MSNBC, Turkey
April 26 2005

Armenia says it is ready to establish ties with Turkey

The Armenian Head of State Robert Kocharyan has responded to a letter
from the Turkish Prime Minister calling for a joint committee to
study the issue of the so-called genocide.

April 26 – Ankara says it is wary of the wording of the offer,
which leaves many issues not addressed.

The letter said that Armenia was ready to establish relations with
Ankara without any conditions.
`Let us firstly set up relations, Kocharyan’s letter read. `We
can later take into account various matters in an inter-governmental
committee.’
However, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the letter of
the Armenian Head of State was full of tricks of terminology and that
Ankara was cautious over establishing relations without having
settling the issue of the alleged genocide.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress