SECRETARY GENERAL OF ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE SUPPORTS INITIATIVES IN ESTABLISHING GOOD- NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY
ArmInfo
2009-09-29 18:07:00
ArmInfo. Replying to ArmInfo correspondent’s question at a briefing at
the UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary General of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said that being an
ethnic Turk himself, he supports the initiatives in establishing
good-neighborly relations between Armenia and Turkey.
He said that his neighbors in Istanbul are Armenians, therefore he
doesn’t think that this conflict must last too long. Time should solve
this problem, he added. He also stressed that the Organization of the
Islamic Conference supports the initiatives in establishing relations
between Turkey and Armenia.