Monday, October 11, 2010

One Year On, Turkey-Armenia Rapprochement Stalled

One year ago, on October 10, 2009, Armenia and Turkey signed two protocols aimed at normalizing relations. The signing of what many political pundits termed a "historic" deal took place in Zurich, the culmination of painstaking diplomatic efforts by the two countries' presidents and by international mediators, primarily Switzerland and the United States.

The Western-backed process began with Turkish President Abdullah Gul's historic September 2008 visit to Yerevan, following an invitation by his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, to attend a soccer World Cup qualifier between the national teams of the two neighbors.

Armenian News

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