DELEGATION OF TURKISH INTELLECTUALS VISITS ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
ArmInfo
2009-11-26 18:54:00
ArmInfo. A delegation of Turkish intellectuals and a number of
public organizations engaged in gender problems visited the Armenian
National Assembly on Thursday. The Turkish delegation is in Armenia
as part of the program "European Integration and Gender problems",
Urban Sustainable Development Fund.
The parliamentary press-service told ArmInfo the Turkish delegation
expressed desire to meet with Armenian women parliamentarians to
discuss the problems related to national programs on women problems
and European integration process in the country.
Armenian women parliamentarians received the delegation and pined
hopes with promotion of the Armenian-Turkish dialogue by means of
women softness.
Demir Rahime Bulut, Professor of Bosphorus University, said she is
studying the works by Armenians writing in Turkish language and has
learnt much about new facts of activity of Armenians in Turkey. In
this context, Naira Zohrabyan, parliamentarian from Prosperous Party
of Armenia, expressed confidence that Rahime Bulut will be impartial
helping Turkey to admit the historical truth, since every country
becomes stronger also when it recognizes its own history.
For their part, parliamentarians H. Naghdalyan and K. Achemyan said
active meetings will help the parties know each other better. They
highlighted the importance of meetings between intellectuals of the
two countries that are able to form public opinion.
Larisa Alaverdyan, Anahit Bakhshyan and Zaruhi Postanjyan representing
Heritage Party are sure that more contacts between the two publics
will promote confidence building and true presentation of history
will be in favor of the two peoples.
The Turkish delegation thanked the parliamentarians for warm reception
and free talks and came out for promotion of contacts to boost the
Armenian-Turkish dialogue.