ANKARA, Turkey, September 05, SPA --Turkish President Abdullah Gul travels to Armenia on Saturday to attend a football match between the twocountries _ becoming the first Turkish leader to setfoot in Armenia since the ex-Soviet nation declaredindependence in 1991, AP reported Although Turkey was among the first countries to recognizeArmenia's independence, the two neighbors have nodiplomatic relations and their shared border has beenclosed since 1993. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/587657