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    Armenian premier favours ties with Turkey without pre-conditions

    Hayots Ashkharh, Yerevan
    3 Jul 04 p 1


    Text of unattributed report by Armenian newspaper Hayots Ashkharh on 3
    July headlined "Without pre-conditions"

    "The Republican Party of Armenia has expressed its position saying
    that Armenia and Turkey should regulate their relations without
    pre-conditions and establish diplomatic relations," Prime Minister
    Andranik Markaryan said yesterday asked about his assessment of a
    statement by Armen Rustamyan [a member of the Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation-Dashnaktsutyun] that the Dashnaks have certain reservations
    about [Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan's speech in the
    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] concerning
    Turkey.

    According to Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan, unfortunately Turkey
    has not yet replied to the suggestion to improve relations with
    Armenia without such pre-conditions as the Armenian genocide and the
    Karabakh issue. He pointed out: "We have adopted our position on the
    Karabakh issue together with the president since 1998 and continue to
    stick to that. Naturally, what he said in his address to PACE is
    acceptable to us."
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