RUSSIAN PATRIARCH WELCOMES ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT
The Voice of Russia
March 18 2010
Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan should not be "hostages" of their
tragic past, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill said Thursday.
He was speaking in the Yerevan state university in the capital of
Armenia. "Yesterday we held a divine service in the memory of victims
of the Armenian genocide of 1915. It is very important that Armenians
remember that tragedy but now these memories should not hamper the
development of relations between Armenia and Turkey", he said. The
Patriarch welcomed the recent steps taken by Armenia and Turkey to
improve their relations.