Turkey & Armenia establish diplomatic relations
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01armenia.html?_r=1&ref=world
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Turkey and Armenia, after decades of hostile relations, are making moves to re-open their shared border by the end of the year.
From the NYTimes:
"The joint statement said they had agreed “to start political negotiations” but did not touch on when or how some of their more intractable disputes would be addressed, starting with the killing of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turk government from 1915 to 1918, which the Turkish government has denied was genocide.
The two countries have never had diplomatic relations, and their border has been closed since 1993, when Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet republics, went to war over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. At the border, soldiers of Turkey, a NATO country, face Russian ones, called in by Armenia, across a mini-Iron Curtain."
Will this eventually lead to a decision of the language around the Armenian Genocide?
From the NYTimes:
"The joint statement said they had agreed “to start political negotiations” but did not touch on when or how some of their more intractable disputes would be addressed, starting with the killing of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turk government from 1915 to 1918, which the Turkish government has denied was genocide.
The two countries have never had diplomatic relations, and their border has been closed since 1993, when Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet republics, went to war over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. At the border, soldiers of Turkey, a NATO country, face Russian ones, called in by Armenia, across a mini-Iron Curtain."
Will this eventually lead to a decision of the language around the Armenian Genocide?
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it's in the best interest of both sides to establish contact and develop ties!
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GavinTheMother
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I'm surprised since Turkey still denies the genocide ever happened.
- 2 years ago
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GavinTheMother
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jmid
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Yay in a very unsettled region i am proud of both countries getting over there previous differences and moving on peacefully
- 2 years ago
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jmid
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davzap
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This is so overdue, hope it culminates. The Turks killed my grandfather, a minister. It was genocide.
- 2 years ago
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Tyr
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So they finally decided to bury the hatchet and move on...good idea
- 2 years ago
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Tyr
