Armenian Official Says No Secret Talks Held With Turkey In 2006

ARMENIAN OFFICIAL SAYS NO SECRET TALKS HELD WITH TURKEY IN 2006

Arminfo
1 Jun 06

Yerevan, 1 June: The Armenian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that
Armenian and Turkish diplomats have held several meetings.

Commenting on recent reports in the Turkish media about meetings
between Armenian and Turkish diplomats, Armenian Deputy Foreign
Minister Gegam Garibdzhanyan told journalists today that such meetings
had really taken place.

“There was an exchange of letters,” Garibdzhanyan said. But he also
said that the statement by Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik
Tan that three such meetings have already taken place and a fourth
one is being prepared is groundless and not a single adviser of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry is dealing with this issue. Garibdzhanyan
said that such meetings have taken place, but not in 2006.

He expressed Armenia’s position on Armenian-Turkish relations
once again and said that Armenia suggests lifting the blockade of
the Armenian-Turkish border without preconditions, establishing
diplomatic relations and recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915
in Ottoman Turkey.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS