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    ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S CONTROVERSIAL INVITATION PANNED

    Daily Sabah, Turkey
    May 30 2014

    Daily Sabah

    ISTANBUL -- Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recently created a stir
    when he invited the next president of Turkey, who will be elected in
    the upcoming August presidential elections, to the 100th Commemorative
    Ceremony of the alleged Armenian Genocide planned to take place in
    Armenia next year.

    Expressing at the commemoration committee meeting that Turkey has taken
    unprecedented steps toward reconciliation with Armenia, Sargsyan also
    stated that Turkey has continued its "100-year-old policy of denial."

    "I officially invite the president of Turkey to Armenia to face the
    compelling evidence of the Armenian Genocide on April 25, 2015," said
    the president, who received a wide range of criticism from Turkish
    media outlets which called his invitation arrogant and impertinent.

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a speech last month expressed
    his condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who were killed at
    the beginning of the 20th century. The Armenian diaspora, along with
    Armenia, have called on Turkey to recognize the death of 1.5 million
    people due to the forced emigration policy of Armenians who lived in
    Turkey during the later years of the Ottoman Empire as "genocide,"
    while Turkey claims 300,00 to 500,000 Armenians were killed along
    with Turkish people.

    http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/05/28/armenian-presidents-controversial-invitation-panned

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