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    GEVORG POGHOSIAN: ARMENIAN AND TURKISH SOCIETIES ARE NOT READY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONS

    Noyan Tapan
    Oct 19, 2009

    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Sociological Association
    held a survey among 1000 Yerevan residents between September 21
    to 25 to find out Armenian society's opinion of improvement of
    Armenian-Turkish relations. Association Chairman Gevorg Poghosian
    said at an October 19 press conference that Armenian society does
    not accept that issue unequivocally.

    According to the survey, 52.4% Yerevan residents is against
    ratification of the protocols and 40% is against opening of the
    Armenian-Turkish border. G. Poghosian said that surveys were held in
    Turkey, as well, and according to them, before signing the protocols
    the considerable part of Turkish society, nearly 70% was against the
    protocols, while after the signing that index decreased up to 53-54%.

    Thus, according to G. Poghosian, Armenian and Turkish societies are
    not ready for improvement of relations. According to his estimation,
    the authorities of both countries overcome difficulties to ratify
    the protocols. "It means that the whole process should have been
    explained to society in detail. Our and Turkish authorities did not
    make sufficient efforts in this direction, as a result of which we
    meet resistance both in Armenia and in Turkey," G. Poghosian said.

    In his opinion, for many of RA citizens it is not clear up to the
    present why Armenia makes such concessions. In his words, if we mean
    the blockade Turkey initiated in 1993 to punish Armenia, let Turkey
    itself open the border.
    From: Baghdasarian
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