Armenian, Turkish Speakers meet in Moscow

Speaker of Armenia’s Parliament Hovhannes Abrahamyan met with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Sahin yesterday in Moscow, Parliament’s press office reports.

The parties spoke about last developing in process of reconciliation. Mr. Abrahamyan stressed that Armenian side considers it necessary to ratify Armenian-Turkish protocols in reasonable time. The parties have praised joint work done by Armenian and Turkish Presidents and said those works created a good basis for establishing friendly relations between the two peoples.

“The parties agreed to encourage direct contacts between people and said is necessary to try to establish relations between Parliaments. The two sides have highly praised the meeting and expressed hope that reasons for new meetings will appear,” said spokesman.