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    ALEXANDER ISKANDARIAN: TURKEY, ON THE ONE HAND, NEEDS TO IMPROVE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, NOT TO DAMAGE CONTACTS WITH AZERBAIJAN

    Noyan Tapan
    June 3, 2009

    YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. An Armenian-Turkish closed conference of
    political scientists and journalists dedicated to the two countries'
    relations was held on between May 26 to 27 in Istanbul. Conference
    participants, political scientists Alexander Iskandarian and Karen
    Bekarian reported at the June 2 press conference.

    A. Iskandarian, in particular, said that he cannot mention names,
    as the event was closed, but he will convey the general position of
    the Turks.

    According to him, the Turkish political thought is divided into two
    parts. A group of intellectuals consider that they should establish
    relations with Armenia without preconditions and the other group is
    convinced that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict should be solved parallel
    with the normalization of relations.

    In response to the question of whether Turkey is sincere in its
    strivings or it is making an imitation, A. Iskandarian said that
    in general politics is a succession of imitations, game, dual
    standards. "As to Turkey, one the one hand, it needs to improve its
    relations with Armenia and, on the other hand, the Turks will not
    want to damage their relations with Azerbaijan," he said.

    K. Bekarian, in his turn, said that not only the U.S., but also the
    European Union is interested in establishment of Armenian-Turkish
    contacts, and Russia strives for not hindering establishment of
    relations. According to him, it is not important how much Turkey is
    sincere, as any state has its interest, and one should not look for
    justice, loyalty to principles or sincerety in politics. K. Bekarian
    added that if Turkey is making an imitation, it will bear
    responsibility for it one day.
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