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Edward Nalbandian: Turkey's policy is not constructive
armradio.am
29.01.2011 14:10
`Turkey's position is non-constructive on both the Karabakh conflict
settlement and the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations,'
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a interview with
Russia Today.
`You know that the Armenian President initiated the process of
normalization of relations with Turkey. Yes, we started the process,
held talks and signed two protocols, having agreed with the Turkish
side that we were taking the step without any preconditions. However,
after signing the protocols, Turkey did not find enough strength to
remain committed to one of the basic principles of international law,
the principle of pacta sunt servanda, which means that if there is an
agreement it should be followed. We signed the documents in presence
of witnesses - Switzerland, Russia, the United States, France,
representatives of the European Union and the Council of Europe. After
that Turkey practically returned to the preconditions it had been
suggesting at the beginning of the process.
`These preconditions included the attempts to link the normalization
of Armenian-Turkish relations to the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict. The United States, France and Russia have declared many
times that the two are completely different processes and the attempts
to tie the two would harm both. The Turkish side pretends not to
notice and hear what the international community is saying. The second
precondition was the Armenian Genocide recognition. When we started
the process, we said the recognition of the Armenian Genocide was not
a precondition for the establishment of diplomatic relations between
the two countries. We stressed that Armenia would never question
either the fact of genocide, or the importance of its international
recognition. We told this the Turkish side, the mediators, and all the
countries involved in the normalization process. However,
unfortunately Turkey returned to the language of preconditions it had
been using before the start of the process, thus taking a
non-constructive position on both the process of normalization of the
Armenian Turkish relations and the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, since, as I have already mentioned, the attempts to tie the
two processes harms both,' Minister Nalbandian said.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
29.01.2011 14:10
`Turkey's position is non-constructive on both the Karabakh conflict
settlement and the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations,'
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a interview with
Russia Today.
`You know that the Armenian President initiated the process of
normalization of relations with Turkey. Yes, we started the process,
held talks and signed two protocols, having agreed with the Turkish
side that we were taking the step without any preconditions. However,
after signing the protocols, Turkey did not find enough strength to
remain committed to one of the basic principles of international law,
the principle of pacta sunt servanda, which means that if there is an
agreement it should be followed. We signed the documents in presence
of witnesses - Switzerland, Russia, the United States, France,
representatives of the European Union and the Council of Europe. After
that Turkey practically returned to the preconditions it had been
suggesting at the beginning of the process.
`These preconditions included the attempts to link the normalization
of Armenian-Turkish relations to the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict. The United States, France and Russia have declared many
times that the two are completely different processes and the attempts
to tie the two would harm both. The Turkish side pretends not to
notice and hear what the international community is saying. The second
precondition was the Armenian Genocide recognition. When we started
the process, we said the recognition of the Armenian Genocide was not
a precondition for the establishment of diplomatic relations between
the two countries. We stressed that Armenia would never question
either the fact of genocide, or the importance of its international
recognition. We told this the Turkish side, the mediators, and all the
countries involved in the normalization process. However,
unfortunately Turkey returned to the language of preconditions it had
been using before the start of the process, thus taking a
non-constructive position on both the process of normalization of the
Armenian Turkish relations and the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, since, as I have already mentioned, the attempts to tie the
two processes harms both,' Minister Nalbandian said.
From: A. Papazian