Armenian, Turkish FMs to discuss Armenian Genocide in Istanbul?

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Genocide will be on focus of talks between Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Istanbul next week, Hurriyet daily reports.



"Babacan will hold talks with Edward Nalbandian in Istanbul on Nov. 24," Burak Ozugergin, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Thursday.



"Everything is on the table," Ozugergin said. "We are not precluding anything. The Ministers will take up bilateral issues, including the 1915 events and perhaps regional issues that could include relations with Azerbaijan."
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