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    EDWARD NALBANDYAN: WE ARE READY TO GO FORWARD IF TURKEY AGAIN BE READY FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITHOUT PRE-CONDITIONS

    ARMENPRESS
    OCTOBER 20, 2010
    YEREVAN

    Armenia's steps over the Armenian-Turkish relations will depend on the
    coming developments, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said
    at the National Assembly today in response to the question of member
    of the "Heritage" faction Armen Martirosyan whether it is possible
    that in 2011 the Armenian-Turkish protocols be withdrawn from the
    big agenda of the parliament and Armenia recalls its signature from
    that documents. "Our steps will depend on future developments and
    what they will be I cannot say," Edward Nalbandyan said.

    During the session of the Foreign Relations Standing Committee of the
    NA where the 2011 foreign ministry's budget was discussed Nalbandyan
    once again reminded Armenia's position in the Armenian-Turkish issue.

    "We have stated many times that we are ready to go forward if Turkey
    again be ready for normalization of relations without pre-conditions,"
    Mr Nalbandyan said, adding that corresponding developments will follow
    this or that decisions of Turkey.

    According to him, the Armenian-Turkish process was rather complicated
    and "while starting it we really had a frank wish to normalize
    relations with Turkey." "We exerted all the possible efforts for
    moving the process forward. We reached arrangements, registered them
    in protocols that were signed. Armenia was ready to continue the
    process, implement all that was agreed between the parties and our
    stance corresponded to the one of the international community. UN
    Secretary General Pan ki-Moon stated that the protocols must be
    ratified without pre-conditions and the arrangements be implemented
    during sensible timeframe. The same was the position of the USA, EU,
    RF," Nalbandyan said.

    In his opinion, what Armenia got from the Armenian-Turkish process was
    that today Armenia is a understandable partner for the international
    community.

    Edward Nalbandyan reiterated that the issue on recognition of the
    Armenian Genocide remains one of the priorities of Armenia's foreign
    policy. "We seek the continuation of the process of international
    recognition of the Armenian Genocide. During the Armenian-Turkish
    reconciliation process we told the Turkish side and the public that
    Armenia will never put under doubt the fact of the Armenian Genocide
    and the importance of its international recognition," the foreign
    minister said.




    From: A. Papazian
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