CONFERENCE ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS STARTS IN ERZRUM
ERZRUM, JUNE 22, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The second two-day
international conference on Turkish-Armenian relations started in
Erzrum today. This information was reported by the Turkish press.
Turkish and foreign scientists, retired military figures, and
ambassadors are taking part in the conference held in the Ataturk
university in Erzrum. Jelaleddin Gyuvench, the governor of Erzrum, made
an opening speech at the conference and declared that their unity could
not be damaged either by Kurdish or Armenian issues.
Ganire Pashaeva, an MP who represented Azerbaijan at the conference,
declared that some forces are trying to present Turkish-Armenian
relations as problematic: "Hakob Dilachar, an Armenian by nationality,
has been at the head of the Turkish linguistic center for many years.
Currently, there are 70 thousand Armenians in Turkey who live like
Turkish citizens and have no problems," the Azeri MP mentioned.