RECEPTION HELD IN HONOR OF ARMENIAN FM IN ISTANBUL
Turkish Press, MI
June 25 2007
ISTANBUL – Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian said
he wished that the relations between Turkey and Armenia would have
reached the desired point and the president would have represented
Armenia in the summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).
A reception was held at Patriarchate of Armenians in Turkey in honor
of Oskanian, who is currently in Istanbul for the summit of BSEC on
its 15th anniversary.
Delivering a speech in the reception, Oskanian noted that he was glad
to be in Istanbul.
Touching on Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of Agos weekly who died in
an armed attack in January, Oskanian noted that Dink was an important
intellectual for both Turkey and Armenia.