Turkish FM: We do not have luxury to give up efforts to reconcile with Armenia
The desire for "reconciliation" and "friendship," with Armenians will continue, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Monday.
"We do not have the luxury to give up. Not this year, not afterwards," he said while speaking at an American Turkish Council, or ATC, meeting in Washington, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reports.
"We have been working since 2009 to overcome the division between these two ancient peoples. Two people who for centuries coexisted in peace and harmony," Çavuşoğlu said, noting that Turkey shares the suffering of Armenians, and tries with "patience and determination, to re-establish empathy between the two peoples."
According to Çavuşoğlu, Turkey will "continue to work for a framework that both addresses the historic aspect of the problem and also helps solve the Nagorno-Karabagh issue.”