INT’L CONFERENCE TO TABLE TURKISH-ARMENIAN TIES

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 19 2006

Baku, April 18, AssA-Irada
A conference, “Establishing a common culture of the Ottoman society:
Turkish-Armenian relations”, will be held in Kayseri, Turkey on April
20-22, Anadolu news agency quoted the Kayseri Unviersity president
Chingiz Utasi as saying.

125 representatives from various countries will attend the event,
including the Armenian Patriarch of the Constantinople diocese Mesrol
Mutafian. The participants will primarily focus on the political and
social aspects of Turkish-Armenian ties.

“We hope that the conference will serve as a new bridge between Turkey
and Armenia,” said Metin Gulgun, head of the event organizational
committee. He added that a similar conference is to be held in
Armenia later.