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Armenian Historian denied entry Visa to Turkey to take part in Scientific Symposium on Armenian-Turkish relations
by Snark News Agency, April 4 2001
Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 02:36 am CST

YEREVAN APRIL 04. A well-known Armenian historian Lavrenty Barsegyan was denied entry visa to Turkey where he was invited by Turkish scientists to take part in a scientific symposium on Armenian-Turkish relations. As press-office of Armenia's foreign ministry told snark the reason of the denial was the status of the historian as he was to take part in the symposium as the director of the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide.

Lavrenty Barsegyan told Snark either he goes to Ankara in his present status or he does not go to Turkey at all. All the other Armenian scientists supported Barsegyan in his decision and rejected the invitations to the symposium till Barsegyan is granted a visa.

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