ARMENIA SAW TURKISH HOSPITALITY: ERDOGAN

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12:58 / 10/15/2009

Turkey-Armenia rapprochement process started before the football match,
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated before leaving for Iraq,
CNNTurk reports.

"I consider match was held in peaceful atmosphere and Armenia saw
hospitality of Turkish people," Erdogan said.

Yesterday Turkey-Armenia football match took place in Bursa. Armenian
and Turkish Presidents Abdullah Gul and Serzh Sargsyan attended.

The two leaders’ negotiations were held in Almira hotel right before
the match and later dinner was offered in honour of high rank guests.

Despite Armenian team lost 0:2, according to Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandyan "it was something more than just a sport
event." He stated that it has evoked a wide response and inaugurated
the Armenia-Turkey normalization process.