NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT – TURKEY PM AND ARMENIA PRESIDENT MEET

National Turk English
April 12 2010

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met with world leaders
in Washington D.C. on Monday for the Nuclear Security Summit hosted
by U.S President Barack Obama

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan, met with world leaders
today including Armenian President Serge Sarkisian in the nuclear
security summit held in Washington D.C.

It was the first time a major Turkish representative has been to the
United Stated on official duty since the Narrowly passed resolution
that declares the 1915 mass murder of Armenian’s as genocide in the
U.S parliament.

The move had angered Turkish Prime Minister and senior officials to
such an extent that the Turkish Ambassador in Washington was called
back to Turkey.

The vote by the U.S. government was feared that it would strain ties
between Turkey and Armenia after relations had improved between the
middle-eastern countries as a historic diplomatic protocol was signed
in October 2009 to normalise diplomatic ties.

However the summit in Washington was more to do with nuclear weapons
which Obama said is more dangerous in the hands of terrorists rather
then rogue nations such as South Korea and Iran.

The summit which is being held for two days starting from today will
host 47 leaders from around the world with the topic being to rid
the world of nuclear weapons.

Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu, Foreign Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Armenia
Vigen Sarkisian and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian were
all present at the meeting.

Rumours are still ongoing that the U.S. will also use the summit to
make relations better between the three nations.