"Reconciliation and Remembrance
Comment by Sergey Markedonov
Special to Russia Profile
Despite Their Turbulent Past, Armenia and Turkey are Beginning to Take Baby Steps Toward Each Other
On the surface, it appears that Armenia and Turkey, whose trenchant relations stand out as the most bitter in the Southern Caucasus, are now making gestures of reconciliation toward one another, precisely by holding a soccer match between their teams. However, the prospects of a brighter future for both nations are inescapably viewed – and thus, impeded -- by the ghost of an ever-present past, as the issues of the “Armenian genocide” and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remain unresolved. "
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