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DAVUTOGLU MEETS ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS
Today's Zaman
July 19 2011
Turkey
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutošlu met with representatives of some
Armenian civil society organizations earlier this week, diplomatic
sources said on Tuesday.
The representatives of five Armenia-based CSOs were in the
Turkish capital as part of a project being undertaken by the
Ankara-based Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV),
diplomatic sources told the Anatolia news agency, noting that these
representatives had held talks at the Foreign Ministry on Monday in
addition to meetings with Turkish CSOs.
The course of affairs regarding bilateral relations between Armenia
and Turkey, as well as other issues regarding the Caucasus were on the
agenda of talks between Davutošlu and the Armenian representatives,
Anatolia reported.
The group also met with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun
Sinirliošlu and other senior diplomats in addition to Davutošlu,
the agency said without elaborating.
The meetings at the Foreign Ministry come after a senior Armenian
official last month called on Ankara to revive currently stalled
efforts to normalize bilateral relations between the two estranged
neighbors, while arguing that the improvement of relations between
Armenia and Turkey would also serve as an impetus for improving
relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and also for peace in
the region.
"As neighbors, we should know each other through frequent visits,"
Artak Davtyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia, told a group of journalists visiting the country in late
June, while underlining the importance of the activities by civil
society organizations to gradually normalize relations between the
two countries since the official process has been stalled.
Today's Zaman
July 19 2011
Turkey
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutošlu met with representatives of some
Armenian civil society organizations earlier this week, diplomatic
sources said on Tuesday.
The representatives of five Armenia-based CSOs were in the
Turkish capital as part of a project being undertaken by the
Ankara-based Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV),
diplomatic sources told the Anatolia news agency, noting that these
representatives had held talks at the Foreign Ministry on Monday in
addition to meetings with Turkish CSOs.
The course of affairs regarding bilateral relations between Armenia
and Turkey, as well as other issues regarding the Caucasus were on the
agenda of talks between Davutošlu and the Armenian representatives,
Anatolia reported.
The group also met with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun
Sinirliošlu and other senior diplomats in addition to Davutošlu,
the agency said without elaborating.
The meetings at the Foreign Ministry come after a senior Armenian
official last month called on Ankara to revive currently stalled
efforts to normalize bilateral relations between the two estranged
neighbors, while arguing that the improvement of relations between
Armenia and Turkey would also serve as an impetus for improving
relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and also for peace in
the region.
"As neighbors, we should know each other through frequent visits,"
Artak Davtyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia, told a group of journalists visiting the country in late
June, while underlining the importance of the activities by civil
society organizations to gradually normalize relations between the
two countries since the official process has been stalled.