Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Thursday that his country is firmly committed to pushing on with normalizing ties with Armenia after nearly a century of bitterness over “World War I-era massacres,” AFP reports.<\/p>\n
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“It is evident that these subjects are not easily resolved,” Gul said during his two-day visit to Switzerland.<\/p>\n
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“However, we maintain our firm commitment for the protocols, which aims for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relationship, to enter into vigour,” he said, referring to pacts signed between the two parties last October in Zurich.<\/p>\n
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“We will continue our efforts so that a sustainable and comprehensive peace would dominate in the Caucasus,” he added.<\/p>\n
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Gul added that he hoped that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan “continues with the same courage so that process could be crowned with success.”<\/p>\n
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In a speech welcoming Gul, Swiss President Doris Leuthard also urged Turkey and Armenia to push ahead with normalizing ties.<\/p>\n
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“Switzerland is persuaded that there must not be a retreat before any efforts to continue the track of dialogue and of cooperation, as Turkey and Armenia has undertaken with great courage these last years,” Leuthard said.<\/p>\n
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“May the process of normalization continue between the two countries,” she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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