A Turkish plan to win Armenian cooperation would need Armenian readiness. The Turkish side had begun looking into this through low-level diplomatic contacts, the second official said. Historians and not politicians should discuss the issue. Thousands died in fighting there. A ceasefire has been holding but no final agreement has been reached over the territory, now effectively beyond Baku's control.
Turkey has no diplomatic relations with Yerevan.
Last year, after a U.S. House of Representatives panel approved a genocide motion, it stopped giving visas to Armenian citizens at the border, obliging them to apply to Turkish consulates abroad. The upper assembly later dropped the resolution after Turkey threatened counter measures that President Bill Clinton said could damage U.S. security interests in the Middle East. If you have any related information or suggestions, please email them. Armenian, Assyrian and Hellenic Genocide News .