Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrives in Yerevan

September 6, 2008 - 18:13 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul arrived in Yerevan on an informal visit today. The two Presidents will attend a soccer game between the Armenian and Turkish national teams in Hrazdan stadium.



This will be the first-ever visit of a Turkish President to independent Armenia.



The Presidents will watch the game from a bulletproof box. Before, they will hold a 1-hour meeting.



Gul will be accompanied by a 130-member delegation. Unprecedented security measures have been taken. The roads in the center and those leading to the stadium are blocked.



Ankara broke diplomatic relations and closed the border with Armenia in 1993 over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. To normalize relations Turkey urges Armenia to give up the policy calling for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and cede 7 regions of NKR security belt to Azerbaijan.
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