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TODAY'S ZAMAN SAYS PROTOCOLS MAY SURVIVE
news.am
Feb 15 2010
Armenia
Despite recent developments in Armenia-Turkey relations, the Protocols
signed between the countries may survive, Today's Zaman says.
According to the Turkish daily, Thomas de Waal a senior associate
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace considers that it
is useful for both states to take small steps. "Then there will be
tangible progress that will sustain the atmosphere of good will,"
the daily quotes de Waal as saying. The analyst reckons that if the
countries stop now they would loose a brilliant opportunity "risking
ending up in a worse place than before," the source reads.
In his interview with Today's Zaman, Professor Peter Rutland from
Wesleyan University, stated he does not considers there is anything in
the RA Constitutional Court's ruling that should prevent Protocols'
ratification. "Armenians fear that restoring diplomatic relations
might mean forgetting what for them is the Genocide of 1915; Turks
and Azerbaijanis fear that diplomatic ties might mean forgetting the
Armenian occupation of Azerbaijan's territory," the source quotes
analyst.
news.am
Feb 15 2010
Armenia
Despite recent developments in Armenia-Turkey relations, the Protocols
signed between the countries may survive, Today's Zaman says.
According to the Turkish daily, Thomas de Waal a senior associate
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace considers that it
is useful for both states to take small steps. "Then there will be
tangible progress that will sustain the atmosphere of good will,"
the daily quotes de Waal as saying. The analyst reckons that if the
countries stop now they would loose a brilliant opportunity "risking
ending up in a worse place than before," the source reads.
In his interview with Today's Zaman, Professor Peter Rutland from
Wesleyan University, stated he does not considers there is anything in
the RA Constitutional Court's ruling that should prevent Protocols'
ratification. "Armenians fear that restoring diplomatic relations
might mean forgetting what for them is the Genocide of 1915; Turks
and Azerbaijanis fear that diplomatic ties might mean forgetting the
Armenian occupation of Azerbaijan's territory," the source quotes
analyst.