PACE PRESIDENT WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY TO NORMALISE RELATIONS

AZG DAILY
04-09-2009

Armenia-Turkey

Strasbourg, 02.09.2009 – "The agreement between Armenia and Turkey
to normalise their relations is excellent news," said Lluís-Maria de
Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE).

"This is something that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe has long been hoping for, and working towards.

he two governments have accepted that, whatever the difficulties of the
past, they must look to the future – on behalf of all their peoples.

The Assembly, a forum where Armenian and Turkish parliamentarians
work together as colleagues, stands ready to help in any way it can
to advance this process.

I look forward to the ratification of these two protocols by both
parliaments, beginning a new – and brighter – chapter in relations
between these two Council of Europe member states."