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    ALEXANDER ISKANDARYAN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH TIES NORMALIZATION - IMITATION AND GAME

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    02.06.2009 20:31 GMT+04:00

    "We must remember that Turkey is a state with its own traditions. And
    any by Foreign Minister, Premier or President should not sound
    surprising," Euro-integration NGO's Chair Karen Bekaryan told today
    a news conference. Commenting upon premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan's
    statement on ethnic minorities' dispossession being "carried out by
    fascists", the expert said that it might be caused by two factors:
    internal and external.

    "Armenian-Turkish relations are key foreign policy factors. Erdogan
    has several times announced in Baku that there'll be no progress
    in normalization process unless Karabakh conflict is settled. The
    statement aims to soothe Azerbaijani side." "It will certainly
    arouse Armenia's dissatisfaction, pushing Turkey to side with our
    country. Nobody Turkey to renounce its history by characterizing past
    events as fascism," Bekaryan said.

    In his turn, Director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan
    characterized such conduct as imitation and game - reiteration of
    double standards. "Such is Turkey's foreign policy: to make different
    statements in different places, siding either with Azerbaijan or
    Armenia," he noted. "On the one hand, they realize the importance of
    Armenian-Turkish ties normalization, but on the other hand, they don't
    want to lose Azerbaijan. They need both," Armenian expert announced.

    "Turkey now conducts internal discussions and disputes over the
    issue. Erdogan must work on domestic market, pushing ahead with
    a foreign policy issue. It's quite delicate policy," Iskandaryan
    stressed.
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