"Armenia Says Ready For Ties With Turkey
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Armenian President Robert Kocharian (file photo)
(AFP)
February 19, 2007 -- Armenia says it is ready to establish diplomatic ties with Turkey without preconditions.
In an interview with the French daily 'Le Figaro' printed today, Armenian President Robert Kocharian also said Armenia is ready to create a joint government commission to discuss the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915, which Yerevan says was genocide."
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