ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Namik Tan has said assessment of Armenian Head of State Robert Kocharian's reply letter had been continuing and Armenia's ''positive statements and gestures would affect'' this assessment.
Tan told weekly press conference that result of the assessment would be publicly announced, adding, ''however, it is clear that future positive statements and gestures would affect this assessment.''
Tan recalled that a newspaper had claimed that relations between Turkey and Armenia would be suspended, stressing, ''however, it is out of question because there are not any relations between the two countries.''
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed establishment of a joint delegation of Turkish and Armenian historians to deal with the events of 1915. President Kocharian responded the proposal saying that the commission should have an inter-governmental status.
(UK-MS)
2005-06-01