Armenia and Turkey have pledged to overcome decades of enmity and disagreement over the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces.
Abdullah Gul became the first Turkish president to visit Armenia on Saturday, attending a football match in Yerevan and meeting Serzh Sarkisian, his Armenian counterpart.
The two agreed there was the “political will” to improve ties frozen for decades over the 1915-1917 massacres carried out by Turkish troops.
“I believe that my visit was fruitful and that it promises hope for the future,” Gul said after returning to Ankara.
“I was happy to see that we were unanimous with the Armenian side on the need for mutual dialogue to remove barriers to improving bilateral ties.”
Sarkisian said earlier there was a “political will to decide the questions between our countries, so that these problems are not passed on to the next generation”.
Al Jazeera English – Europe – Armenia and Turkey to improve ties
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