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    ARMENIAN HISTORIAN GLAD TURKEY FAILED PROTOCOL RATIFICATION ON NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

    NEWS.AM
    July 30, 2012 | 21:13

    YEREVAN. - The Zurich protocols on normalizing Armenian-Turkish
    relations were not beneficial for the Armenian side from the very
    beginning, expert Ashot Melkonyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am commenting
    on the Turkish President's press secretary Ahmet Sever's statement
    in the Vatan newspaper.

    Within the context of the President Abdullah Gul's possible running
    for the highest office for the second term, the press secretary said
    that the major disappointment for Gul were the unsettled Kurdish and
    Armenian issues.

    "The Turkish side immediately following the signing of the
    protocols stated that they refer also to the third side, hinting the
    Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Such an interpretation was beneficial for
    Turkey, as it links the normalization process with the withdrawal
    of the Armenian troops from the alleged 'occupied' - but for me
    liberated - territories of Nagorno-Karabakh. As such a disposition
    met the rough resistance of the Armenian communities and Diaspora, the
    process appeared in a deadlock. I am only glad for it, as the protocols
    intended to confirm the current de-facto borders between Armenia and
    Turkey via Araks and Akhuryan rivers, which is inadmissible for me,
    as a historian," Melkonyan stated.

    To note, the protocols on normalizing relations between Armenia and
    Turkey were signed in Oct. 10 in Zurich. However, the ratification
    process in both parliaments was suspended due to the nonconstructive
    position of Turkey, which set pre-conditions after signing protocols.

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