ANKARA SAYS IT HELD DIPLOMATIC-LEVEL TALKS WITH ARMENIA

Focus News, Bulgaria
May 31 2006

Ankara. Turkey said that since last year it had held three rounds
of diplomatic-level talks with Armenia, AFP reported citing Turkish
Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Namik Tan. The talks were held on the
level of deputy foreign ministers and were aimed at “establishing
common grounds for making a specific progress in bilateral relations”.

Turkey recognized the independence of Armenia in 1991, but it has
never maintained diplomatic ties with Yerevan.