Erdogan, Kocharian Expected To Meet Next Week

Friday 13, May 2005

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Turkey's Anatolia news agency said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian President Robert Kocharian were expected to meet on the sidelines of a Council of Europe summit scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in Warsaw. The date of the meeting was not specified. Turkish and Armenian officials could not immediately confirm the report.
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Erdogan has indicated the countries might establish political ties if Armenia agreed to join a joint commission to investigate the killings. Armenia says it is ready to re-establish relations with Turkey, but without any preconditions.

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