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    | 20:21:08 | 10-06-2005 | Politics |

    A STEP FOR THE FUTURE

    Today RA NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan received the delegation of Turhan
    Chomez, deputy of the Turkish Parliament. The delegation comprised of
    journalists and social bodies.

    During the meeting issues about the present state of the Armenian-Turkish
    relations and the perspectives of development were discussed. The sides
    confirmed their readiness to contribute to the development of relations by
    means of open discussions. The RA NA President mentioned that Armenia wants
    to have normal relations with all its neighbors and thinks that the problems
    in the Armenian-Turkish relations must be solved by means of joint
    discussions, `We must solve the present problems, not fight against them',
    said the NA President.

    The President of the Parliament called everybody to build the relations
    looking forward - having the courage to admit the fact of the Genocide and
    to go forward taking as basis the way of joint Euro integration. He
    mentioned that Armenia expects the establishment of diplomatic relations as
    basis to solve further problems.

    It was also mentioned that Armenia does not mind having a neighbor member of
    the EU, if the dual standards are excluded. The fact of the Genocide is not
    under question for us, and we think that we must go forward without
    forgetting the past. The NA President also mentioned that in the Armenian
    Constitution there is no demand of land from Turkey.

    Deputy of the Turkish Parliament Turhan Chomez qualified his visit to the RA
    NA as the first of the steps to be taken in future. Mr. Chomez mentioned
    that what is done cannot be undone or denied and we must go forward looking
    into the eyes of the reality.

    Nevertheless, he considered the issue of the recognition of the Genocide the
    problem of the historians. `We are two countries living in the same
    geographic area and we must come to an agreement', said Mr. Chomez. He
    passed the greetings and the best regards of the Turkish Parliament
    president Bulent Arinch to the NA president and expressed his readiness to
    spread the ideas discussed during the meeting in the Turkish society and the
    authorities.

    At the end of the meeting the sides also discussed the possibility of
    organizing a meeting of the Armenian and Turkish young people in Yerevan and
    Ankara in order to discuss the present problems in the Armenian-Turkish
    relations.
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