ARMENIAN FM WISHES BETTER TIES WITH TURKEY AT PATRIARCHATE RECEPTION

Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
June 24 2007

ISTANBUL (A.A) -24.06.2007 -Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vartan Oskanian said he wished that the relations between Turkey and
Armenia would have reached the desired point and the president would
have represented Armenia in the summit of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC).

A reception was held at Patriarchate of Armenians in Turkey in honour
of Oskanian, who is currently in Istanbul for the summit of BSEC on
its 15th anniversary.

Delivering a speech in the reception, Oskanian noted that he was glad
to be in Istanbul.

Touching on Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of Agos weekly who died in
an armed attack in January, Oskanian noted that Dink was an important
intellectual for both Turkey and Armenia.