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    RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN: TURKEY UNCERTAIN AS TO ITS ARMENIA-RELATED PLANS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    April 21, 2010 - 16:04 AMT 11:04 GMT

    Armenia-Turkey rapprochement has always been perceived as the
    beginning of a longer process. No one expected it to be fast and
    simple, director of Armenian Center for National and International
    Studies (ACNIS) Richard Giragosian stated.

    However, he noted, significant progress was observed in Armenia-Turkey
    relations over the last year. "This year, for the first time in
    Istanbul history, Turkish intellectual elite will commemorate Armenian
    Genocide victims. This fact means that intellectual borders have been
    opened, altering Turkish people's views on their own history."

    As the expert stated, there's no need to commend Turkey for agreeing
    to rapprochement, normalization of ties with a neighbor being the
    duty of any civilized country.

    "The rapprochement impaired Turkey -Azerbaijan relations, rendering
    One nation - Two states motto inviable. Both US and Russia announced
    Armenia-Turkey relations to be unrelated to Karabakh issue. Ankara
    has chosen its course, the one hard to deviate from," Armenian expert
    noted, adding that Turkey is still uncertain as to its Armenia-related
    plans.

    "Protocols failure to stipulate for any sanctions in case of agreement
    violation is an obvious drawback. There's nothing to prevent Turkey
    from re-closing the border even after it has been opened," Giragosian
    said.

    Also, he didn't preclude Azerbaijan's resumption of hostilities to
    hamper Armenia-Turkey reconciliation.
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