Turkish president heads for Armenian border No decision yet on Armenia visit in September KARS (July 23, 2008) - President Abdullah Gül of Turkey said today, in response to a question from the "Armenian Reporter," that he had thanked Armenian president Serge Sargsian for his invitation to come to Armenia and watch an Armenia-Turkey soccer match scheduled for September 6. But, he added, "we have not taken any decision yet." The Turkish president is in the province of Kars today, where he is scheduled to visit Ani, the uninhabited medieval Armenian capital on the Turkish side of the closed border with Armenia. There he is expected to send a message to Armenia. Tomorrow, he will be joined by President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan for a ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction...
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