June 11, 2005 - 09:17 AMT
TURKISH MP: TURKEY CANNOT DENY WHAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE
«The visit to the National Assembly of Armenia is one of the steps on the way of further actions,» Deputy of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Turhan Comez stated at a meeting with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan, reported the Press Service of the National Assembly of Armenia. In the course of the meeting he said the fact that both countries are ready and wish to discuss questions not only for development of bilateral relations is very important. In Comez' words, Turkey cannot deny what has already happened and one has to go forward and to view the reality openly. Nevertheless, he called the problem of recognition of the Genocide a task for historians. «We are countries that are situated in the same geographic territory and have to come to an agreement,» Comez remarked. In the course of the meeting he welcomed the Armenian Speaker on behalf of his Turkish counterpart Bulent Arinc. He also said he was ready to disseminate ideas discussed in the course of the meeting among the Turkish society and Government. The parties also discussed matters of organizing a possible meeting of the Armenian and Turkish youth under the auspices of the Parliaments of the two countries to discuss urgent problems of Armenian-Turkish relations.