TURKISH LAWMAKERS TO VISIT YEREVAN IN JUNE

AZG Armenian Daily #099, 01/06/2005

Visit

Hurriyet newspaper informs in May 29 issue that Turkish deputy
Turhan Comez from ruling Justice and Prosperity Party together with
other lawmakers will arrive in Armenia on June 9 with a three-day
visit. Reportedly, Justice and Prosperity Party has approved of the
visit. Though there is no schedule of the visit so far, Comez’s
delegation will probably meet RA President Robert Kocharian and
government representatives. Comez will deliver a lecture at Yerevan
State University.

Comez has recently opened the exhibition of “Turkish genocide at
hands of the Armenians”. He has been collecting documents at the
Turkish History Foundation and the Supreme Headquarters for the last
4 months. The last facts allowed Hurriyet to conclude that Comez
will send Armenia’s leadership a signal, “There was no genocide but
rather an exile. For opening borders with Turkey and for development
of trade-economic relations you have to give up genocide claims”.

Turkish NTV notes that Comez is visiting Yerevan “on invitation
of Samson Ozararat, Armenian President’s adviser”. Hurriyet adds,
“Ozararat is the person who organized the meeting of head of National
Movement Party Alparslan Tyurkes and first Armenian President Levon
Ter-Petrosian 12 years ago”.

By Hakob Chakrian