TURKISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT RUINS OF ANI

NOYAN TAPAN
JULY 22

Turkish President Abdullah Gul is going to visit the ruins of Ani on
Armenian-Turkish border.

According to the Zaman newspaper, Gul will leave for Kars on a two-day
visit on July 23, during which he will visit the ruins of Ani.

On July 24, Abdullah Gul together with Georgian and Azeri Presidents
Mikhail Saakashvili and Ilham Aliyev will take part in the ceremony
of laying the foundation of Turkish part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
railway.

The Zaman newspaper mentioned that Abdullah Gul’s visit takes place in
a period when warm messages are exchanged between Turkey and Armenia,
and this can be perceived as a message to Yerevan.