March 10, 2005 - 07:55 AMT
ARMENIA DECLINED TURKISH PRIME MINISTER PROPOSAL ON ARMENIAN AND TURKISH HISTORIANS JOINTLY STUDYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUES
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian has declined the proposal of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Armenian and Turkish historians jointly studying the issues referring to the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Minister stated it at a press conference in Yerevan. In his words, Armenia has presented its stand for many times. It should be noted that March 8 the Turkish PM called the historians of the two countries to hold an «unbiased» research of issues of the Armenian Genocide.