**Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has arrived in Turkey in a fresh step towards reconciliation between the two countries after a century of hostility.**Mr Sarkisian and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gull will attend a World Cup qualifying football match in the city of Bursa.
Last week, Turkey and Armenia signed a historic accord normalising relations.
Some Armenians protested that it did not fully address the 1915 killing of hundreds of thousands of Armenians.
Yerevan wants Ankara to recognise the killings as an act of genocide, but successive Turkish governments have refused to do so.
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In Bursa, Mr Sarkisian and Mr Gul will attend a World Cup qualifier between Turkey and Armenia after a dinner hosted by the Turkish president.
Although both national teams are out of the running for the 2010 finals, the match is seen as an important further step in restoring relations.
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Last year, Mr Gul attended a game between the two nations in Armenia, kicking off a round of “football diplomacy” that eventually led to last week’s accord.
Under the agreement, Turkey and Armenia are to establish diplomatic ties and reopen their shared border.
The accord still needs to be ratified by the parliaments of both Armenia and Turkey.
Last week, thousands of people protested against the deal in Yerevan.
“The international recognition of the Armenian genocide will be hindered by this signature, or ratification,” said Vahan Hovanissyan, a member of parliament for the nationalist Dashnaktsutyun party.
Armenians have campaigned for the killings to be recognised internationally as genocide - and more than 20 countries have done so.
Turkey admits that many Armenians were killed but says the deaths were part of the widespread fighting that took place in World War I.
Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 because of its war with Azerbaijan, during which Armenian troops seized the Azeri region of Nagorno Karabakh.
On Sunday, Azerbaijan said Turkey should not have normalised ties Armenia without a deal over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the opening of his country’s border with Armenia would be tied to progress on the disputed region.