NEITHER YEREVAN, NOR ANKARA PROPOSED KOCHARIAN-ERDOGAN MEET

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the course of a press conference in Yerevan today Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian did not confirm the information that Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have a meeting. In the Armenian FM's words, neither Armenia, nor Turkey made a respective official proposal. «The Turkish media reports may turn a prompt by officials or an argument of journalists,» Oskanian said. When commenting on the support of the Turkish Premier's initiative to form a joint historical commission to study the events of 1915 by a number of state and organization leaders, V. Oskanian stated, «We understand the goal Turkey pursues when suggesting to form a historical commission. However the EU, specifically German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder view it as a frank attempt by Turkey to consider its own history more openly,» Oskanian stated.