UN SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ARMENIA AND TURKEY TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 20, 2010 – 15:16 AMT 10:16 GMT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that positive relations between
Turkey and Armenia would be in the interest of the region and bring
stability to the troubled area.

The UN leader urged the two sided to come together and finalize what
he described as a "landmark" set of protocols signed by their foreign
ministers last October committing the two nations to normalizing
their relations and opening borders.

Referring to the Armenian Genocide, Ban Ki-moon said he knew there was
a long-lasting historical matter between the two countries, making
relations difficult. "However, positive and harmonized relations
between Turkey and Armenia, being two important countries of the
same region, would be extremely important both for stability and
peace in the region and for the cooperation of the peoples of the
two countries," he said, Asbarez.com reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress