"Kurds are part of the Syrian people; they will not stop the struggle with their Arab brethren against the regime," said Massoud Akko, a Kurdish activist in exile in Norway.

"The visit of Mr. Sergei Bagapsh to Turkey will take place purely on medical grounds upon the invitation by the civil society associations,” the Turkish MFA said.

Arif Mammadov: the Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations meet almost within the frameworks of all PACE sessions.

Turkey, at any rate, wants to drive the issue of Genocide recognition to historical platform. Activation of the Turkish side always tops out in April, when Ankara, worried about recognition of the Armenian Genocide by new parliaments and governments of different countries, starts to act in its usual mode: blackmail, threats and statements about “innocence”.