September 21, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in New York to participate in the UN General Assembly Session and G-20 Summit. The Premier met with U.S. Jewish organizations’ representatives, including Abraham Foxman, the President of Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Turkish Anadolu news agency reports. During the meeting Erdogan made a point of OSCE Minsk Group assistance in Armenia-Turkey relations’ normalization and called OSCE MG to further efforts in the process. In the course of the series meetings Israeli-Turkish relations were also discussed.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with EU Presiding Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and the upcoming EU President, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.

The Turkish Delegation also consisted of the State Minister Ali Babacan, Egemen Bagis, State Minister and EU chief negotiator as well as Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek.

NEWS.am recalls in 2007 Anti-Defamation League recognized the World War I events as Armenian Genocide having American Jewish Committee (AJC) joining them on August 22, 2007. However, AJC stated they would not support Armenian Genocide bill submitted in U.S. Congress as it would not contribute to Armenian-Turkish reconciliation.