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    TURKEY PREPARING FOR PRESIDENT GUL'S VISIT TO ARMENIA

    armradio.am
    01.09.2008 14:33

    Though Turkey's President Abdullah Gul is yet to make up his mind,
    Ankara is preparing for his potential visit to Armenia. A high-level
    diplomatic and security delegation will be dispatched to Armenia this
    week, ahead of President Abdullah Gul's trip to Armenia on Sept. 6
    for the first-ever international football match between the two
    countries. The delegation has been sent to ease security concerns
    and outline the issues to be discussed during the trip, the Turkish
    Daily News reported.

    "I will send a delegation to Yerevan to hold talks on the possible
    visit of President Gul," Foreign Minister Ali Babacan told
    reporters yesterday during a press conference with his Georgian
    counterpart. However, Babacan did not give details of what the
    delegation would discuss with Armenian diplomats.

    The meeting of the two countries' national teams in the same World
    Cup qualification group sparked a new effort to normalize bitter
    ties. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan officially invited Gul to
    Yerevan for the match, a move that was warmly welcomed by the United
    States and the European Union, the Turkish Daily News reminds.

    Though the official announcement has not yet been made, all indications
    show that Gul's assessment will be likely to be positive.

    "I am still evaluating. I have not made a decision yet,9 D Gul told
    reporters late Saturday on the sidelines of a reception held by the
    Chief of General Staff Gen. Ä°lker BaÅ~_bug.

    --Boundary_(ID_FzPRFEUZYxtUlBF971N ldA)--
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