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    "ARMENIA CONDUCTS DYNAMIC FOREIGN POLICY AND IS A SUCCESS"

    Azg/AM
    16 July 2004

    The Employee of the Eurasian Center for Strategic Researches Testifies
    to That

    Azg informed in its previous issue under the title "Turkey Doesn't
    Intend to Reconsider Its Hostile Policy Towards Armenia" that the
    Turkish government refused to be a presiding country at PACE in
    2007. the information was based on the massage send by Harut
    Sassounian, publisher of the Californian Currier that was published in
    our newspaper.

    Sasunian, considering the abovementioned decision of the Turkish
    governmenta victory of the Armenian diplomats, conditions it by the
    statement made by RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian on June 14 in
    Washington, saying that Armenia will exercise its right for veto
    against Turkey's candidacy. He comes to the conclusion that "This
    unexpected step means that the U.S. and Turkey have failed in their
    attempts to exert pressure on Armenia."

    Let's remind that Oskanian explained his statement saying that "We
    can't allow the chairmanship of a country at PACE that is a mediator
    in the Nagorno Karabagh conflict settlement, as the Chair has certain
    rights and privileges that can be used against Armenia." He not only
    repeated this explanation but also added that "The country presiding
    at PACE should have diplomatic relations with all the member-
    countries," on June 8 during the meeting with Yanesh Potochnik, EU
    representative in Armenia.

    It's worth mentioning that these conclusions are affirmed in the
    article by Hatem Jabbarlu, employee of Eurasian Center for Strategic
    Researches, issued in Haberanaliz Internet newspaper on July 13
    entitled "Armenian Obstacle for Turkey's Presiding at PACE". As the
    Turkish leading newspapers didn't comment on Oskanian's statement, and
    the center represented by Jabbarlu is a state structure, we want to
    introduce the short variant of the article to your attention.

    By Hakob Chaqrian

    "Turkey was a candidate for chairmanship at PACE in 2007. The positive
    changes made in the Turkish foreign police in the early 2000
    contributed tothe creation of all the preconditions for that. But in
    2004 articles on Armenia's right for exercising veto against Turkey's
    candidacy appeared in the Armenian and Diaspora Press in the early
    2004. RA Government and the state press didnā=80=99t comment on that
    issue, that is why the government tool advantage of the possibilities
    of the independent press, being well aware that the comments of the
    state bodies on the "veto" will cause a number of complications in the
    foreign policy.

    But on June 28-29 in the course of NATO Istanbul Summit Foreign
    Minister Vartan Oskanian, meeting with the U.S. representatives, had
    found the intention to exercise veto against Turkey's candidacy for
    PACE Chairmanship quite possible and conditioned that by the Turkish
    policy conducted against Armenia.

    This shows that besides the short-term and mid-term projects in the
    foreign policy Armenia has elaborated long-term projects as well
    against Turkey. The time showed that the people who in the 80-ies when
    ASALA began acting spokeof the failure of this terrorist
    structure. The main goal of ASALA was to state "Armenian Genocide" in
    the agenda of the international publicity that was achieved, as a
    result.

    Moreover, when in 1987, when the issue of Turkey's membership to
    EUwasn't even considered, the Armenian Diaspora managed to make the
    European Parliament adopt a decision on the Armenian Genocide in
    Turkey. At present, RA Government and the Armenian Diaspora,
    cooperation, particularly with the French Socialistic Party, will
    spare no efforts to prevent Turkey's membership to EU, putting forward
    the issue of the so-called genocide as a precondition for that.
    Notwithstanding the fact that the population and the area of Armenia
    is small in the South Caucasus, its serious economic problems, it
    condacts more dynamic policy and acheives success against Turkey and
    Azerbaijan, in particular. Armenia is capable of unfolding propaganda
    against Turkey and Azerbaijan."
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