SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN, TURKISH PARLIAMENTS ESTABLISH CONTACTS
news.am
Nov 23 2009
Armenia
Speaker of the RA Parliament Hovik Abramyan held a meeting on Moscow
with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Å~^ahin. The meeting was held
within the framework of the 34th conference of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation Organization (BSEC).
The press service of the RA Parliament told NEWS.am that the sides
exchanged views on the Armenia-Turkey normalization process without any
preconditions. Speaker Abramyan stressed the Armenia side considers
it necessary that the Armenian-Turkish protocols be signed within a
reasonable timeframe. Hovik Abramyan and Mehmet Ali Å~^ahin welcomed
the Armenian and Turkish Presidents’ resolution and joint work, which
has laid the foundations for natural relations between the two nations.
In this context the sides shared the opinion that direct human contacts
should first of all be promoted and that the two Parliaments have to
establish relations. The sides made a high appraisal of their meeting
and expressed hope for further ones.