Agence France Presse
September 6, 2008 Saturday

Armenians boo Turkish president at football match

YEREVAN, Sept 6 2008

Armenian fans greeted Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s arrival for a
football match in the capital Yerevan on Saturday with boos and
hisses.

Gul, on the first visit of a Turkish president to Armenia, was seated
in a special bullet-proof area to watch the World Cup qualifying match
with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian.

His arrival followed talks with Sarkisian after which the two leaders
pledged to try and resolve decades of animosity between the
neighbouring countries, stemming from the Ottoman-era massacre of
Armenians in 1915-1917.