Only Representative Of Agos Newspaper From Turkey To Take Part In Pa

ONLY REPRESENTATIVE OF AGOS NEWSPAPER FROM TURKEY TO TAKE PART IN PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS

Noyan Tapan
Dec 19, 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The two-day expanded hearings on
the "Armenian-Turkish relations: Problems and perspectives" subject
will be launched in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
on December 19.

Reports are envisaged to be delivered by Vardan Oskanian, the RA
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vahan Hovhannisian, the Vice Speaker of
the National Assembly, Haik Demoyan, the Head of the Museum-Institute
of the Armenian Genocide, and Ruben Safrastian, the Head of the
Institute of Oriental Studies, and speeches are envisaged to be made
by the invited experts, analysts, and political figures.

The participation of Peter Semnebi, the European Union Special
Representative for South Caucasus, is also expected in the hearings and
his speech is envisaged to be made on the first day of the hearings.

According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent
by the commission, about twenty representatives of Turkey, who were
invited beforehand, have not arrived in Armenia, except for the
journalist of the Agos newspaper.