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GERMAN PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
ARMENPRESS
OCTOBER 20, 2010
ANKARA
The President of Germany Christian Wolf, who is on a two-day visit
in Turkey, addressed the Turkish Parliament and expressed assistance
to the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process.
Armenpress reports quoting Turkish "Aksam" that Wolf addressed four
important messages to Ankara connected with Turkey's membership to EU,
with Armenia, Cyprus and Middle East.
"For normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, having
open border and joint future we highlight the circumstance that the
issues between the two countries must not be ignored," he said. The
newspaper noticed that speaking about the necessity of opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border, at the same time, quite diplomatically and
hidden Wolf spoke about not ignoring the Armenian Genocide issue. "On
this way I want to express my assistance and encouragement. It is
necessary to form such an environment where the issues existing
between the two countries will not be ignored," he said.
Speaking about the membership of Turkey to EU, Wolf said that being
for Turkey's Euro-integration, Germany at the same time is waiting
for Turkey to implement the assumed commitments. "We think that there
is a necessity of solving the Cyprus issue. It is important not only
from the point of view of economic development of the island but will
contribute to the formation of good-neighborly relations," the German
president said and expressed wish that Turkey will continue playing
a constructive role in Middle East.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
OCTOBER 20, 2010
ANKARA
The President of Germany Christian Wolf, who is on a two-day visit
in Turkey, addressed the Turkish Parliament and expressed assistance
to the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process.
Armenpress reports quoting Turkish "Aksam" that Wolf addressed four
important messages to Ankara connected with Turkey's membership to EU,
with Armenia, Cyprus and Middle East.
"For normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, having
open border and joint future we highlight the circumstance that the
issues between the two countries must not be ignored," he said. The
newspaper noticed that speaking about the necessity of opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border, at the same time, quite diplomatically and
hidden Wolf spoke about not ignoring the Armenian Genocide issue. "On
this way I want to express my assistance and encouragement. It is
necessary to form such an environment where the issues existing
between the two countries will not be ignored," he said.
Speaking about the membership of Turkey to EU, Wolf said that being
for Turkey's Euro-integration, Germany at the same time is waiting
for Turkey to implement the assumed commitments. "We think that there
is a necessity of solving the Cyprus issue. It is important not only
from the point of view of economic development of the island but will
contribute to the formation of good-neighborly relations," the German
president said and expressed wish that Turkey will continue playing
a constructive role in Middle East.
From: A. Papazian