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    PRESIDENT SARGSYAN MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF MID-EAST ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES

    http://hetq.am/en/politics/presidnets -tour/
    2009/10/07 | 12:49

    Politics

    President Serzh Sargsyan's pan-Armenian trip continues throughout
    the diaspora. On October 6 the delegation headed by President
    Sargsyan arrived in Beirut where he had a meeting with more than 100
    representatives of the Armenian communities and organizations of the
    Middle East, Egypt, Iran and the Persian Gulf.

    Before the meeting, President Sargsyan had a meeting with His Holiness
    Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia. The two leaders
    talked about the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
    relations and issues related to the pre-signed protocols.

    The participants of the meeting in Beirut highly appreciated President
    Sargsyan's initiative of visiting Diaspora Armenian communities
    to listen to the views Armenians on the normalization process and
    the pre-signed documents, even though many had severe reservations
    regarding concessions to Turkey.

    "The artificial situation between Armenia and Turkey benefits neither
    side. The establishment of diplomatic relations and the opening of
    the border will provide an opportunity for creating a platform for
    furthering the dialogue and the negotiations," President Sargsyan
    said in his speech.

    President Sargsyan referred to the main concerns connected with the
    normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations. "We have stated many
    times that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not just an
    issue of restoration of justice, but also an important factor from
    the perspective of security of Armenia and the Armenian people. It
    is a necessity," Serzh Sargsyan noted.

    Turning to the concern that Turkey could assume a role in the
    settlement of the Artsakh issue, President Sargsyan noted: "The
    Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be solved only when we see that we
    have what we have been striving for ever since 1988."

    President Sargsyan reiterated that the settlement of the Karabakh issue
    and the normalization of the Armenia-Turkey relations are separate
    issues, and this has been confirmed by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
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