Armenian and Turkish officials should meet and negotiate to facilitate the reconciliation process, said Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, Today’s Zaman reports.

The daily informs that Social Democratic member of the Swiss National Council Mario Fehr submitted a motion to government, asking whether conviction of three Turkish citizens by Swiss court for negating Genocide fact reflects official stance of Switzerland on the issue.

However, Swiss FM stated that “federal government was not in a position to comment on legal decisions in line with the principle of separation of powers,” the source reads.

“The federal government had stated that Armenia and Turkey should be encouraged to discuss these historical issues in a constructive manner that would also facilitate the ongoing rapprochement between the two countries. The federal government notes with pleasure that the two countries signed two protocols aimed at the normalization of these two countries’ relations on Oct. 10, 2009, in Zurich,” Today’s Zaman quotes Calmy-Rey.