On July 26-30 a group of Armenian journalists visited Ankara. The visit was organized under a joint annual program of Yerevan Press Club and the Association of Diplomatic Correspondents of Turkey, implemented since January 2002 with the assistance of Center for Global Peace of American University (Washington, DC). This was the third meeting of Armenian and Turkish journalists under the project stipulating mutual visits of Armenian and Turkish journalists to learn about the lives of the two countries and the subsequent coverage in their media. The first two meetings were held in May in Istanbul and in January this year in Yerevan (see YPC Weekly Newsletter, May 4-10, 2002 and January 12-18, 2002).
On July 27-28 in the capital of Turkey a round table was held, where the Greek journalist George Terzis, currently the Media Program Director of the European Center for Common Ground (Brussels), made a presentation. George Terzis told about the rapprochement of Greece and Turkey and the role of media in this process. Proceeding from the example of Greece and Turkey the journalists discussed the Armenian-Turkish relations, having touched upon problems that impede the development of the dialogue between two countries.
During the visit the Armenian journalists met with Parliament deputies, scientists, representatives of the business world and the Armenian-tongued press of Turkey.
