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[brother]

Closed-door Turk-Armenian talks confirmed

Wednesday, July 13, 2005


ANKARA - Turkish Daily News

  Officials of estranged neighbors Turkey and Armenia have been holding talks to discuss bilateral and regional matters, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday following news reports that a Turkish proposal for normalized ties with Yerevan was presented to Armenian officials at "a secret meeting" in a European country.

  Foreign Ministry spokesman Nam?k Tan said in a written statement that Ankara was willing to enjoy good neighborly ties with Yerevan in line with its foreign policy principles but did not comment on the reported Turkish proposal. 

  Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic relations.

  ?There have been talks with Armenia for a long time at several levels, including foreign ministers, both on international and other platforms. Bilateral and regional issues that concern both countries are being discussed during the talks,? Tan said in the statement.

  CNN-Türk's Web site reported that Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Üzümcü and Turkish Ambassador to Georgia Ertan Tezgör ?secretly? had met with Armenian diplomats in an unnamed European country after the exchange of letters between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdog<breve>an and Armenian President Robert Kocharian in April. 


http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/arti ... wsid=18106


I hope they are going to come out with something positive

[YeReVaN]

Me too. Now I hope Turks won't stick to their story that Turksh government wants have a discussion, but Armenia refuses.

[YeReVaN]

Greek American Organizations’ Policy Statement on Armenia

WASHINGTON, DC-- The American Hellenic Institute announced today that the major Greek American membership organizations endorsed the policy statement on Armenia prepared by the American Hellenic Institute. These are: the Order of AHEPA, the Hellenic American National Council, the Cyprus Federation of America, the Panepirotic Federation of America, the Pan-Macedonian Association of America, the Evrytanian Association of America and the American Hellenic Institute. The endorsed statement, which is part of the 2005 Greek American Policy Statements, follows:

Armenia

We support the Armenian American community's efforts to secure full recognition, proper commemoration, and a just resolution of the Armenian Genocide.


In 2005, the 90th anniversary of the Genocide, the Administration should, for the sake of U.S. interests and American values, finally bring an end to all forms of U.S. complicity in Turkey's denial of this crime against all humanity. The President, in his annual April 24th remarks, should properly recognize the Armenian Genocide as a clear instance of genocide, as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

The U.S. Congress should adopt legislation both recognizing the Armenian Genocide and urging the American people to apply the lessons of this tragedy to the cause of preventing future genocides.

Finally, Turkey must be pressured to acknowledge its genocidal crime against the Armenian nation, to come to terms with this chapter in its history, and, consistent with the Genocide Convention and other relevant international legal instruments, to make full reparations to the Armenian people.


We also support efforts to press Turkey to lift its illegal blockade of Armenia and to end the mistreatment of the Armenian population in Turkey.

We refer readers to Professor Peter Balakian's recent book The Burning Tigris, a remarkable history of the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government in Turkey. Professor Balakian includes the details of the humanitarian movement of leading American public citizens and ordinary citizens to save the Armenians.

[Murtaza]

Peh, Greeks support everyone against Turkey.
Armenians, Pkk, or If some day marsian comes marsians.

[YeReVaN]

Peh, Greeks support everyone against Turkey.
Armenians, Pkk, or If some day marsian comes marsians.

Have you wondered why all the nations that used to live in Ottoman Empire don't like Turkey? There must be a reason right?

[Turkey (( *]

Check the Middle East(countries such as Iran, Lebanon) before assuming! I have talked to people and they said they admire Ataturk, like the Turkish very much and wanted the old days to come back!! What do you say about that?? BTW I am not talking about the politics, I am talking about the people...

[YeReVaN]

I wasn't talking about Iran and lebanon. I was talking about mainly non muslim nations that live in Ottoman Empire. And by the way, just because few people told you that they admired Ataturk and they want the old days to come back, doesn't mean the whole counrty feels that way.

[brother]

The Ottoman empire was a conqueror hence those that were conquered had no reason to love them however fair or decent they may have been.

[brother]

Imagine if the Armenians conquered Turkey and ruled the turks for 500 years, and imagine that they were decent and good to the turks, i bet you the turks would still hate the armenians as they had been conquered by them and taken their independence away.

You know what i am saying chaps, look at it from the other sides view for a more balanced view.

[YeReVaN]

My point is not just because Turk have conquered the area that's why they were hated. I'm sure that played a major part. Turks claim that all those nations lived in harmony and everybody got along with each other. But they were major disciminations against minorities, especially Christians. There were many extra unnesesery taxes just for Christians. My point is minorities where not treated good as Turkey claims.