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    PETER SEMNEBY: "IT IS NOT CORRECT TO LINK TURKISH-ARMENIAN NORMALIZATION WITH NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT"

    APA
    Nov 2 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Baku. Victoria Dementyeva - APA. "There is no 100-percent of guarantee
    for ratification of the Turkish-Armenian protocols of normalization,
    but I am sure that it will be realized", EU Special Representative for
    the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said in his interview with Russian
    "Vremya Novostey" newspaper during his visit to Russia.

    He said ratification of the protocols was meeting interests of both
    countries. "It is vital issue for Armenia and meets the Turkish
    interests as well. It is an example of Turkey's new policy toward
    its neighbors. Of course, it is important for Turkey to take the
    Azerbaijan's interests into consideration and to hear reaction of
    Azerbaijanis to this issue. Turkish-Armenian normalization will
    create new opportunities and positively impact on the security
    problem in the region". Semneby noted that main protest against the
    protocols arises not from the Armenian citizens, but from Armenian
    Diaspora. "The Armenian leadership should take the citizens' interests
    into consideration and satisfy the Diaspora. I don't expect public
    outbreak in Armenia, but it is a serious problem for the Armenian
    authorities because Diaspora plays important role in Armenia's life
    and it has not univocal attitude to the protocols".

    Peter Semneby said it was not correct to link the Turkish-Armenian
    normalization with the process of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict. "These are two different conflicts and it doesn't need
    to link them with each other. Otherwise the doors opened for the
    normalization of the relations can be closed again. It is clearly
    seen that any considerable tension in one of these conflicts effect on
    common atmosphere. It needs to make it that these processes positively
    impact on each other".
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