TURKISH STATE MINISTER VISITS ARMENIAN CHURCH SURP VARTANANTS IN ISTANBUL

ArmInfo
2009-03-24 15:53:00

ArmInfo. Turkish State Minister and Deputy Premier Hayati Yazici paid
a visit to an Armenian church in Istanbul on Monday.

As haber.turk says, visiting the "Surp 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.

"Political parties should not have any beliefs, they should have
programs," Yazici said.

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

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress