Ex-RA Deputy Culture Minister proposes restoring bridge between Armenia and Turkey

August 5, 2009 - 21:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The president of the Armenia International Council of Monuments and Sites, and former Deputy Culture Minister of Armenia, Gagik Gyurjyan, has proposed restoring the millennia-old bridge at the Ani ruins. Located on both sides of the Aras River, with one end in Turkey and the other in Armenia, his idea was to reopen the bridge as a peace passage between the two countries.

The joint restoration work to be carried out for the Ani Ruins could make great contributions to Turkish-Armenian relations, Gyurjyan said. "First of all we can restore the ruined bridge over the Araks River. We can connect the two countries thanks to this bridge and call it a peace passage," he said, Hurriyet Daily News reported.



Currently Ani ruins are being restored as "Ottoman empire's medieval architecture monument", carrying no mention of Ani's once being the capital of Armenian Kingdom of Bagratides. Moreover, a memorial to "Turks killed by Armenians in World War I years" is erected at the entrance to Ani.
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