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    WASHINGTON MIGHT KILL ARMENIA-TURKEY RECONCILIATION: TURKISH FM

    news.am
    Feb 8 2010
    Armenia

    Turkey is not a country to be spoken on language of pressure with,
    Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said, commenting on tabling of Armenian
    Genocide Resolution in U.S. Congress, Hurriyet daily reports.

    According to him, it is not sheer coincidence that the issue entered
    the agenda here and now. "I do not believe in randomness in politics
    and diplomacy," he said. Congress decision contains an element of
    pressure, however "all must know that Turkey is not a country to
    speak in the language of pressure with."

    Davutoglu considers these issues are links in a chain, "Firstly,
    RA Constitutional Court passed judgment fully contradicting to the
    spirit of the Protocols, secondly RA President Serzh Sargsyan adopted
    non-constructive stance on Karabakh conflict in Sochi, and finally -
    discussion for so-called 'genocide' is scheduled to vote in Congress."

    "While signing the Protocols with Armenia, we showed political will
    and went for reconciliation. They should not intimidate us by April 24,
    if anyone wishes to pressurize us, it is pointless," Foreign Minister
    underlined, stressing that Turkey is a sustainable country and makes
    decisions based on its national interests.

    If U.S. resorts to these measures, Armenia-Turkey reconciliation
    process will fail. "It is in the interest of neither Washington, nor
    Yerevan or Ankara. Thus, U.S. should be considerate to this issue,
    instead of hindering the process with lob.

    "Just as Greeks who permanently raise old issues on the threshold of
    EU-Turkey summits, Armenians bring up the genocide issue each year
    before April 24," Davutoglu concluded.
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