ARMENIAN AND TURKISH JOURNALISTS DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH DIALOGUE IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
17.12.2009 20:21 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Eurasia Foundation and GPOT initiated a meeting
of Armenian and Turkish journalists in Yerevan as a part of
Eurasia Foundation’s program of cooperation aimed at strengthening
impartiality in Armenian and Turkish media and establishing contacts
and communication between citizens of Armenia and Turkey.

"Armenia and Turkey are on the way to establish relations. The
political elites of both countries have shown political courage by
signing the Protocols on normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations.

The process of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation should be facilitated
by civil societies in Armenia and Turkey," director of GPOT Mensur
Akgun said.

The government of Norway and the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) supported the meeting. As the Honorary Consul
of Norway in Armenia Timothy Strait said during the meeting, the
government of Norway is interested in promoting dialogue between
Armenia and Turkey, and understands that it is difficult and emotional.

Under this program, Armenian and Turkish journalists and editors
first met in Bursa on October 13-14 this year.