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    HAYK DEMOYAN: TEMPORARY OPENING OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER UNREALISTIC
    Liana Yeghiazaryan

    "Radiolur"
    21.07.2010 18:44

    Opening of the Armenian-Turkish border in September, although
    temporarily, is unrealistic, Director of the Armenian Genocide
    Museum-Institute, historian Hayk Demoyan told a press conference
    today. According to him, this is not the first case, when Turkey
    makes statements to mislead the international community.

    "Besides, it's preferable for Turkey to keep the border closed for
    security reasons because of the aggravation of the struggle against
    Kurdish groupings in Eastern Anatolia," he said.

    According to the historian, the Armenian-Turkish relations should not
    be viewed as a separate process any more. They should be assessed in
    the context of regional developments.

    "The first stage of the Armenian-Turkish relations ended with the
    signing of the two protocols, but not their ratification, i.e. the
    Turkish side devalued the essence of those documents," Hayk Demoyan
    said.

    "These two protocols helped uncover two Turkish bluffs, which had
    been misleading the international community ever since Armenia's
    independence. The first bluff was that Armenia had territorial claims.

    The second one concerns the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish side
    did not ratify the protocols, which envisaged the subcommittee on
    historic issues, because they came to understand that irrespective
    of the signing and ratification of the protocols the international
    recognition of the Armenian Genocide would continue to be a separate
    process," Hayk Demoyan noted.




    From: A. Papazian
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