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TURKEY WILL ONCE RETURN TO NORMALIZATION PROCESS WITH ARMENIA-RULING MP SAYS
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May 2 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Though the Armenia-Turkey normalization process is frozen
at the moment, time will come and Turkey will return to the process,
MP from Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Karen Avagyan told a press
conference on Monday.
According to him, Armenia did its utmost and is waiting for Turkey's
moves. "The Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process is suspended at the
moment. However, Turks will return to the process one day willingly
or unwillingly. They cannot restrain the international community from
sharps criticisms leveled at Turkey," he noted.
He also pointed out the fact that if Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan used to speak about Armenia-Turkey rapprochement with
preconditions between the lines, he does it overtly now.
In his turn, expert in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan stressed Turkey
acquired a status of an unreliable partner before the international
community, following the Armenian-Turkish process. "The failed process
is of no benefit to Turkey. It rather reminds of Turkey's false
"zero problems with neighbors" policy," he emphasized.
On October 10, 2009, in Zurich, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol on the Establishment of
Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for the development of bilateral
relations", which needed to be ratified by the parliaments of the two
countries. However, it did not happen due to Ankara's non-constructive
position.
However, on December 7, 2009, Turkey linked Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation to settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During
his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Erdogan stated that Ankara would not ratify the Armenian-Turkish
protocols as long as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remained unsettled.
On April 22, 2010, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree
suspending the ratification process.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
May 2 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Though the Armenia-Turkey normalization process is frozen
at the moment, time will come and Turkey will return to the process,
MP from Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Karen Avagyan told a press
conference on Monday.
According to him, Armenia did its utmost and is waiting for Turkey's
moves. "The Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process is suspended at the
moment. However, Turks will return to the process one day willingly
or unwillingly. They cannot restrain the international community from
sharps criticisms leveled at Turkey," he noted.
He also pointed out the fact that if Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan used to speak about Armenia-Turkey rapprochement with
preconditions between the lines, he does it overtly now.
In his turn, expert in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan stressed Turkey
acquired a status of an unreliable partner before the international
community, following the Armenian-Turkish process. "The failed process
is of no benefit to Turkey. It rather reminds of Turkey's false
"zero problems with neighbors" policy," he emphasized.
On October 10, 2009, in Zurich, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol on the Establishment of
Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for the development of bilateral
relations", which needed to be ratified by the parliaments of the two
countries. However, it did not happen due to Ankara's non-constructive
position.
However, on December 7, 2009, Turkey linked Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation to settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During
his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Erdogan stated that Ankara would not ratify the Armenian-Turkish
protocols as long as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remained unsettled.
On April 22, 2010, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree
suspending the ratification process.
From: A. Papazian