ERZURUM HOSTS INT CONFERENCE ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 13 2007

The second international conference on Turkish-Armenian relations
will be held in the city Erzurum, Turkey on June 21-22, APA reports.

Azerbaijani Parliamentarian Ganira Pashayeva and deputy director
of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences History Institute Jabi
Bahramov will represent Azerbaijan at the conference.

Ganira Pashayeva told the APA that experts from European Union member
states and the US, historians, scientists will participate in the
conference.

The aim of the conference is to reveal false Armenian genocide claims
and debate basing on historical documents.

"Holding the event in Erzurum is not accidental. Armenians committed
massacres against Turks in 1915 here, a lot of mass graves were found
and the process is still continuing," she said.

The parliamentarian said that Armenian scientists and experts from
Armenia and al over the world have been invited to the conference,
but they have not stated whether they will attend the conference.

"They always avoid debating this issue on the level of experts. They
know that their lies will be revealed," she said.

Ganira Pashayeva said that one section of the conference will cover
Armenia’s occupation Azerbaijani territories, genocide committed
by Armenians against Azerbaijanis, Nagorno Karabakh conflict and
realities of the world.

"We will address the conference on both issues, distribute necessary
materials to inform the foreign visitors," she said.