TURKISH PRESIDENT SEPARATES ARMENIAN ISSUE FROM RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.10.2008 15:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish President Abdullah Gul said his country
wants to develop relations with Armenia.

"Armenia and Turkey are neighbor states and hatred should not
be disseminated among their publics," Gul said in an interview
with France24, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told
PanARMENIAN.Net.

At that he noted that he separates the Armenian issue from relations
with Armenia.

Commenting on his position on the Armenian Genocide, Gul said,
"All were in a state of war at that time. But our Armenian citizens
defected to the enemy while our troops fought on three fronts."

"We opened all our files, even the most secret ones. So, let historians
study the issue," he added.