AAC CONSTANTINOPLE DIOCESE: TURKS AND ARMENIANS "HAD CRIED FOR EACH OTHER’S SORROWS FOR YEARS"

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.03.2009 13:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish State Minister and Deputy PM Hayati Yazici
attended an Armenian church in Istanbul, Anatolian Agency reported.

Visiting the Surb Vartanants Church in Sisli district of Istanbul,
Yazici held talks with Aram Atesyan, Turkish Armenian Patriarchal
Archbishop and Chairman of the Religious Council.

Delivering a speech during the visit, Yazici said, "Our political
approach does not consist of fanaticism, it is rather based on
project management".

Yazici said that political parties should create an atmosphere where
individuals could freely fulfill the requirements of their beliefs.

For his part, Archbishop Atesyan said that Turkish and Armenian people
"had lived together and cried for each other’s sorrows for years."