TURKISH PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED SERZH SARKISIAN ON BEING ELECTED ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

Mediamax
February 21, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Turkish President Abdullah Gul congratulated
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian for being elected Armenian
President.

Mediamax reports referring Reuters that the Turkish President expressed
hope that the elections of Serzh Sarkisian will lead to normalization
of the bilateral relations.

"I hope your new position will permit the creation of the necessary
environment for normalizing relations between the Turkish and
Armenian peoples, who have proven over centuries they can live
together in peace and concord," the congratulation message of the
Turkish President reads.