Turkish President congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on victory in presidential raceFebruary 21, 2008 - 17:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's president said on Thursday he hoped the victory of Serzh Sargsyan in Armenia's presidential election would lead to a normalization of relations between their estranged countries."I hope your new position ... will permit the creation of the necessary environment for normalizing relations between the Turkish and Armenian peoples, who have proven over centuries they can live together in peace and concord," President Abdullah Gul said in a message of congratulations to Sargsyan. "I sincerely wish that ... an atmosphere based on reciprocal trust and cooperation can be established that will contribute to regional peace and prosperity," Gul said, Reuters reports. Turkey has no diplomatic relations with Armenia and keeps their land border closed since 1993. It denies that the mass killings of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915-16 amounted to a Genocide and also insists on return of Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |