POLAND CAN MEDIATE BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.11.2006 17:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran
Torosian met with Polish Senate Marshal Bogdan Borusewicz, members
of the Seym, Senate committees, political factions and deputy groups
reported the RA NA press office. Tigran Torosian thanked Bogdan
Borusewicz for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the
Polish Seym and stressed the importance of this step for prevention
of similar tragedies in future. Confirming Poland’s interest in the
development of Armenia and the whole region Bogdan Borusewicz pointed
out to centuries-old Armenian-Polish cooperation. He informed that
the Polish Foreign Ministry offered the RA MFA to mediate between
Armenia and Turkey for establishment of relations between the two
states. In this view Tigran Torosian reiterated that Armenia is ready
to hold a dialogue without pre-conditions. The RA NA Speaker also
reminded that Turkey still keeps on imposing a blockade on Armenia
and assessed Turkey’s aspirations for the EU as inadmissible under
the circumstances.

Bogdan Borusewicz offered the RA NA chairman to pay a formal visit to
Poland describing mutual visits as a serious stimulus for strengthening
relations.