Turkish MP on confidence-building visit to Armenia
Arminfo
10 Jun 05
YEREVAN
Turan Comez, MP of the [ruling] Justice and Development Party, is
paying an unofficial visit to Yerevan. This is the first ever visit by
a Turkish MP to Armenia.
At today’s meeting with students of Yerevan State University, the
Turkish delegate conveyed greetings from Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan and described his visit to Yerevan as the first step on
the path to establishing good neighbourly relations and building
confidence between Armenia and Turkey.
“We want to preserve peace and develop relations between our
countries, which is possible without prerequisites being put
forward. We would also like all countries of the region to be able to
hope to receive access to its riches. The Turkish authorities have
displayed great interest and backed my initiative to visit Yerevan,”
he said.
He expressed confidence that the visit would yield positive results
and allow other Turkish officials to follow suit, especially as the
Turkish side also wants this very much. Speaking about Ankara’s policy
towards Armenia in the invariable association with the Nagornyy
Karabakh and Azerbaijan topic, the MP noted the need to focus on
topics which would bring the two peoples and states together but not
separate them.
“It is important to come to understand what happened in the past and
speak about it openly and truthfully,” the Turkish MP stressed.
Comez said that he is planing to meet his Armenian counterparts in the
Armenian National Assembly today. He believes that this meeting may be
the deciding one and be of great importance for future political
relations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress