At the start of 2007, Switzerland expressed a desire to mediate in the continuation of the Yerevan-Ankara dialogue, which had stopped in 2004.
Secret meetings between Armenia and Turkey had been taking place in Vienna, with Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian representing Armenia. There were four points on the agenda of those talks. Two of the points — ending the blockade and the establishment of diplomatic relations — were put on the agenda by Armenia. The other two — mutual recognition of borders and the establishment of a commission — had been added by Turkey. When the new president and foreign minister came to office in April 2008, these talks were resumed. This was what Turkey wanted, so it could show the world that it was talking to the Armenians, and could say, “Let no one disturb this process by raising the matter of the Armenian Genocide in various legislatures.”
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