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    ANKARA, JERUSALEM COORDINATE POSITIONS ON URGENT ISSUES IN CAUCASUS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    18.02.2010 11:26 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Despite the ongoing crisis in Israeli-Turkish
    relations, Ankara and Jerusalem coordinate positions on urgent issues
    in Caucasus.

    On February 16, high-ranking diplomats led by Pinchas Avivi, Deputy
    Director-General at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, held consultations
    in Ankara. Mr. Avivi said later that cooperation with third countries,
    specifically Caucasian, was in focus. Remaining Azerbaijan's closest
    ally and caring about the rights of Azerbaijanis in Nagorno Karabakh,
    Turkey has firmly decided to sign an agreement with Armenia, according
    to him.

    Asked by IzRus about the motion on the Armenian Genocide recognition
    which can be soon discussed in Knesset, Mr. Avivi said, "Our official
    position remains unchangeable. This is an issue to be resolved
    by Armenia and Turkey. We stand against any interference of third
    countries."

    The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
    the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
    Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
    Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
    held through Swiss mediation.

    On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
    Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.

    The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
    destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
    and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
    deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
    lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
    reaching 1.5 million.

    The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
    Genocide survivors.

    To date, twenty countries and 44 U.S. states have officially recognized
    the events of the period as genocide, and most genocide scholars and
    historians accept this view.
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