Zaman, Turkey
June 11 2005

Baghdassarian: We also Have Problems with Diaspora
By Tuncay Kayaoglu, Cihan News Agency
Published: Saturday 11, 2005
zaman.com

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Turhan Comez, who made a
3 day unofficial visit to Armenia, met with Armenian Parliamentary
Speaker Arthur Baghdassarian.

Baghdassarian said during the 45 minutes meeting that he is one of
the politicians that would like the relations of the two countries to
be developed. Baghdassarian said that even they have problems with
the Armenian Diaspora and added that there is no demand for land from
Turkey in the Armenian constitution. Comez emphasized the importance
of the fact that there is no demand for land from Turkey and added
that the events in 1915 is in the historians’ arena, therefore, only
they should investigate it. Comez sent the good wishes of Turkish
Parliamentary Speaker Bulent Arinc to Baghdassarian and presented him
a book about the Silk Road and some Turkish ceramic dishes. Comez
also met with Armenian Deputies for dinner yesterday (June, 10).