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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
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