TURKEY, CANADA WORK TO IMPROVE TIES

Today’s Zaman
Aug 26 2009
Turkey

Canada was another participant of the FoDP meeting in Istanbul,
which convened at the ministerial level. Expressing full support
for Pakistan’s development, Davutoglu and his Canadian counterpart,
Lawrence Cannon, also discussed how to improve ties between their own
countries, especially after relations were strained over the Canadian
recognition in 2004 of Armenian claims that 1.5 million Armenians
were victims of a genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in the
beginning of the 20th century.

Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said the two ministers discussed
how to devise an action plan to improve ties between the two
countries. Foreign Minister Cannon also said he had a pleasant journey
from Toronto to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines (THY), which launched
direct flights between the cities last month.