World Bulletin / News Desk

Armenian President Serj Sarkisian has declined Turkish Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan's invitation that was sent to world leaders, to take part in a memorial service due to commemorate the 100^th andviersary of the Gallipoli campaign. Sarkisian has said that he declined as a previous invitation that he had made wasn't responded to.

Armenia's offical news agency Armenpress published the written response by Sarkisian to deliver to Erdogan.

The letter states, “Dear President, I have received your invitation to attend the 100^th memorial event of the Gallipolig campaign”. In his letter, he states that, a few months ago, that he was invited to Yerevan, on the 24^th April 2015 and says that “Armenians cannot accept an invitation when their previous invitation hasn't been answered”.