ARMENIAN, TURKISH SPEAKERS MEET IN MOSCOW

Aysor
Nov 24 2009
Armenia

Speaker of Armenia’s Parliament Hovhannes Abrahamyan met with his
Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Sahin yesterday in Moscow, Parliament’s
press office reports.

The parties spoke about last developing in process of reconciliation.

Mr. Abrahamyan stressed that Armenian side considers it necessary to
ratify Armenian-Turkish protocols in reasonable time. The parties have
praised joint work done by Armenian and Turkish Presidents and said
those works created a good basis for establishing friendly relations
between the two peoples.

"The parties agreed to encourage direct contacts between people and
said is necessary to try to establish relations between Parliaments.

The two sides have highly praised the meeting and expressed hope that
reasons for new meetings will appear," said spokesman.