The Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, is to attend a football match in Armenia, his office says, signalling an apparent thaw in relations. The Turkish and Armenian teams will face each other for the first time in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday. The two countries have no official ties and their shared border remains closed. Turkey has rejected Armenia's campaign for the killings of some 1.5m of its citizens, by Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1917, to be classified as genocide.
The Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, is to attend a football match in Armenia, his office says, signalling an apparent thaw in relations.
The Turkish and Armenian teams will face each other for the first time in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday.
The two countries have no official ties and their shared border remains closed.
Turkey has rejected Armenia's campaign for the killings of some 1.5m of its citizens, by Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1917, to be classified as genocide.
