Gul’s visit will hardly break ice between Yerevan and Ankara

PanARMENIAN.Net

Gul’s visit will hardly break ice between Yerevan and Ankara
05.09.2008 15:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Gul’s decision to visit Yerevan was rather a
surprise, said an expert at Russian Strategic Culture Foundation.

`Anyway, both sides have taken steps to normalize humanitarian and
public relations. Besides, Turkish media has demonstrated goodwill to
Armenia, Andrey Areshev told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

`As far as I know, one of Turkish newspapers even wrote it could be
good if Gul attended the Armenian Genocide memorial. But he won’t do
it, of course. This visit will hardly break ice between Yerevan and
Ankara but the logic of relations hints at gradual reconciliation,’ he
said.