ANKARA: VAT meetin cancelled

Dunya Gazetesi, Turkey
Jan 19 2005
VAT meetin cancelled, Russia wants to act as a mediator between
Turkey and Armenia 19/01/2005 10:47:58 Geri dön gönder yazýcý The Viennese Armenian-Turkish Platform (VAT) yesterday announced that
it would not carry through its starting initiative "The First
Viennese Armenian-Turkish Round Table" originally planned for spring
2005. The reason is that the Armenian side has failed to provide the
platform with the necessary confirmation as agreed in August 2004.
The Turkish side accepted to participate in the dialogue, in which
each part was supposed to present 180 documents on the year 1915
showing their understanding of the so-called Armenian genocide. In
July 2004, the first 100 documents each from the Armenian and Turkish
side were exchanged to get the dialogue started. The VAT was founded by four Austrian historians as a neutral platform
serving as an intermediary for Turkish and Armenian researchers
scientifically investigating the Armenian-Turkish Question. In
related news, the Moscow radio yesterday announced that the Russian
Federation is ready to act as a mediator between Turkey and Armenia
as well as the guarantor of any possible agreement to be signed
between the two countries.