"Armenian, Turkish leaders push 'soccer diplomacy'
By Alexandra Hudson and Hasmik Mkrtchyan
BURSA, Turkey (Reuters) - The presidents of Turkey and Armenia watched a World Cup football match side-by-side on Wednesday, in a show of unity meant to help defuse opposition to an agreement to reopen their border and restore relations.
Abdullah Gul and Armenia's Serzh Sarksyan shook hands and smiled to applause in the tightly-policed stadium, in a scene unthinkable before the two countries launched a peace process seen as bolstering Turkey's European Union membership ambitions"
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