ARMENIAN OFFICIAL SAYS NO SECRET TALKS HELD WITH TURKEY IN 2006
Arminfo
1 Jun 06
Yerevan, 1 June: The Armenian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that
Armenian and Turkish diplomats have held several meetings.
Commenting on recent reports in the Turkish media about meetings
between Armenian and Turkish diplomats, Armenian Deputy Foreign
Minister Gegam Garibdzhanyan told journalists today that such meetings
had really taken place.
“There was an exchange of letters,” Garibdzhanyan said. But he also
said that the statement by Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik
Tan that three such meetings have already taken place and a fourth
one is being prepared is groundless and not a single adviser of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry is dealing with this issue. Garibdzhanyan
said that such meetings have taken place, but not in 2006.
He expressed Armenia’s position on Armenian-Turkish relations
once again and said that Armenia suggests lifting the blockade of
the Armenian-Turkish border without preconditions, establishing
diplomatic relations and recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915
in Ottoman Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
