June 16, 2004 - 18:48 AMT
ARMENIAN MFA REFUTES HEARSAY ANKARA TOUGHENED VISA REGIME WITH ARMENIA
The order of providing Armenian citizens with the entry visa for Turkey did not undergo any changes, Armenian MFA officials stated when commenting on the information that Ankara has toughened the visa regime with Yerevan. With a reminding that due to the order admitted in the international practice, the country is warned of such a decision in advance, the Armenian foreign ministry representatives stated that they have not received such a notice from Turkey. Let us remind that yesterday press spread the information according to which Turkey has announced of the toughening of the visa regime with Armenia after the US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations adopted resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. As ITAR-TASS agency reported according to an authority in the Turkish MFA, Armenian citizens should henceforth apply for the entry visa to Turkey's diplomatic representations abroad.