GERMANY HAILS STEPS FOR ARMENIAN-TURKISH RECONCILIATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.03.2009 13:49 GMT+04:00

Germany hails the steps taken for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations, German senior official said.

"I will be glad if Armenian-Turkish talks result in opening of the
common border. Security and stability in the Caucasus is a priority
for the European Union," Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the German
Federal Foreign Office, said during a joint news conference with RA
Ambassador to Germany Karine Ghazinyan.

He also said that publics both in Armenia and Azerbaijan should be
prepared for compromise.

For her part, Ambassador Ghazinyan agreed that normalization of
relations between neighbor states can be achieved through dialogue.