HURRIYET: ANKARA WELCOMES SARGSYAN’S PLAN TO INVITE GUL TO ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.06.2008 17:24 GMT+04:00

Ankara welcomed Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s plans to invite
his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to Armenia to attend the match
between Armenian and Turkish soccer teams, Hurriyet reports quoting
sources in the Turkish government.

According to the newspaper’s observer, tensions between Yerevan
and Baku somehow alleviated. "Serzh Sargsyan’s invitation is the
evidence of this. Moreover, launch of Yerevan-Antalya flight is a
positive fact. Armavia’s plane with 140 tourists landed in Antalya
the other day. Some 50 thousand Armenians are expected to arrive in
Turkey this year. Turks are loyal to Armenians who illegally arrive
in their country for earnings. Three years ago there were 40 thousand
Armenians, this year the figure reaches 70 thousand. With commodity
turnover totaling $160, Turkey is Armenia’s third major trade partner,"
the newspaper says.

During a recent meeting with representatives of the Armenian community
of Moscow, President Sargsyan said he will take steps for normalizing
relations with Turkey. "I will probably invite Turkish President to
Yerevan to attend the match between our soccer teams," he said.