Gul in landmark visit to Armenia

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul paid an historic visit to Armenia on the 6 September 2008, seeking to end bitter animosity that dates back to the killing of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. In the first trip by a Turkish head of state to the ex-Soviet nation, Gul held talks with Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian, after which the two pledged to overcome decades of enmity.

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