The Yerevan government is still considering whether or not the president will attend the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in Istanbul from May 9 to May 13, spokesman Armen Arzumanyan told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review.
“We want to underscore that there will not be any diplomatic contact between Sarkisian and any Turkish leaders even if the president decides to attend Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries,” Arzumanyan said.
Turkey has also invited Israeli President Shimon Peres but his attendance is not yet certain either. Bilateral relations between Turkey and Israel have been strained since last year.
Mithat Rende, coordinator for the conference, said that 192 U.N. member states were invited to the conference, which aims to ensure the sustainable economic and social development of the world’s least developed countries, the Anatolia news agency reported.
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