Hurriyet Armenia said on Wednesday it was very close to normalising relations with neighbouring Turkey after a century of hostility, Reuters reported. The comments by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian followed similarly optimistic remarks by his Turkish counterpart last week. The two countries have no diplomatic ties and in 1993 Ankara closed their land border [...]
Hurriyet Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has warned Barack Obama’s incoming administration that any US recognition of the Armenian claims of genocide could derail reconciliation efforts between the two neighbors. “It would not be very rational for a third country to take a position on this issue… A wrong step by the United States will harm [...]
Hurriyet Testifying at her confirmation hearing during a Senate panel Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of state, declined to qualify the 1915 incidents as “genocide”, when asked by a pro-Armenian senator how the new administration would describe the incidents. Clinton was outlining the upcoming Obama administration’s foreign policy priorities and [...]
Hurriyet Daily News Hailed as ‘Turkey’s most modern football stadium,’ the Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium prepares for its premiere. While the stadium is still under construction, the mayor has voiced his will to see Kayseri host an international game, especially the match against Armenia. Hoping to host a grand premiere to celebrate its new ground, [...]
AA World’s football governing body FIFA donated its 2008 fair-play prize to the Turkish and Armenian national football teams yesterday in a ceremony in Zurich for their contributions to peace in a World Cup group stage match. Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Yerevan to watch the football match between Armenia and Turkey together with his [...]