TURKISH ARMENIANS BELIEVE FOOTBALL MATCH TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO STATES
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.09.2008 15:18 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul as well as
some Armenian citizens of Turkey have lauded President Abdullah Gul’s
decision to travel to Yerevan to watch a match between the Turkish and
Armenian national football teams along with his Armenian counterpart,
Serzh Sargsyan, who issued the invitation.
The patriarchate, in a written statement released yesterday, first
of all said that sports was by its very nature an activity that
directs people towards peace and fraternity. "… In this regard,
we hope the Armenia-Turkey national football match to be played in
Yerevan on Sept, 6, 2008 will be an occasion for the improvement of
mutual friendship and neighborhood relations for the peoples of both
countries, which share a common geography," the patriarchate said,
Today’s Zaman reports.