Turkish Daily News: Gul's visiting Armenian genocide memorial would be a leap forwardSeptember 5, 2008 - 19:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "By visiting Yerevan on Saturday, Gul will in fact take a giant step for the future. I don't think that Gul will visit the genocide monument, but if he were to, history could have opened the doors wide. Turkey could have made a leap forward, let alone just a few steps," Turkish Daily News observer Cengiz Candar writes."Such a gesture has nothing to do with acceptance of genocide. Such a gesture only means "Gul is cognizant to tragic memories of our common past. And I, as the president of Turkey, do have respect to all," he writes. Gul will be in Yerevan on Sept. 6 for a qualifying World Cup game between the Armenian and Turkish national teams. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |