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Edward Nalbandian: Turkey pretends not to hear the voice of
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January 29, 2011 - 12:15 AMT 08:15 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
Turkey's position regarding the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and
normalization of relations with Armenia is not just unconstructive,
but even destructive, Armenian Foreign Minister said
`We started the reconciliation process; we conducted negotiations and
reached the stage of signing protocols, having agreed with the Turkish
side that we were doing it without any preconditions. But after
protocols were signed, Turkey could not bring itself to observing one
of the major principles of international law, which was born together
with diplomacy - the pacta sunt servanda principle, meaning that all
the agreements are to be implemented,' Edward Nalbandian said in an
interview with Russia Today.
`We reached those agreements and signed them in the presence of
Switzerland, Russia, the United States, France, as well as members of
the European Union and the Council of Europe. And then the Turkish
side has got back to the same preconditions it was presenting before
the start of this process, the preconditions keeping normalization of
Armenia-Turkey relations at a deadlock. What are those preconditions?
First, it's an attempt to link the Nagorno Karabakh settlement with
Armenia-Turkey relations. Russia, the US and France - as the mediators
- repeatedly made statements The attempts to link those two processes
would harm both of them. The Turkish side is pretending that it does
not see or hear what the international community is saying. The second
issue is the recognition of the Armenian genocide When we started this
process, we said that genocide recognition by Turkey is not a
precondition for normalization of our relations despite the fact that
Turkey has been denying Armenian genocide for 95 years,' he said.
`Unfortunately Turkey has returned to the language of preconditions
that was used at the beginning of the process. By doing so it took a
counterproductive position both in settling the Armenia-Turkey
relations and the Karabakh process, because as I have mentioned
before, the international community is saying that linking these two
processes may affect the Karabakh conflict settlement,' the Minister
concluded.
From: A. Papazian
international community
January 29, 2011 - 12:15 AMT 08:15 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
Turkey's position regarding the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and
normalization of relations with Armenia is not just unconstructive,
but even destructive, Armenian Foreign Minister said
`We started the reconciliation process; we conducted negotiations and
reached the stage of signing protocols, having agreed with the Turkish
side that we were doing it without any preconditions. But after
protocols were signed, Turkey could not bring itself to observing one
of the major principles of international law, which was born together
with diplomacy - the pacta sunt servanda principle, meaning that all
the agreements are to be implemented,' Edward Nalbandian said in an
interview with Russia Today.
`We reached those agreements and signed them in the presence of
Switzerland, Russia, the United States, France, as well as members of
the European Union and the Council of Europe. And then the Turkish
side has got back to the same preconditions it was presenting before
the start of this process, the preconditions keeping normalization of
Armenia-Turkey relations at a deadlock. What are those preconditions?
First, it's an attempt to link the Nagorno Karabakh settlement with
Armenia-Turkey relations. Russia, the US and France - as the mediators
- repeatedly made statements The attempts to link those two processes
would harm both of them. The Turkish side is pretending that it does
not see or hear what the international community is saying. The second
issue is the recognition of the Armenian genocide When we started this
process, we said that genocide recognition by Turkey is not a
precondition for normalization of our relations despite the fact that
Turkey has been denying Armenian genocide for 95 years,' he said.
`Unfortunately Turkey has returned to the language of preconditions
that was used at the beginning of the process. By doing so it took a
counterproductive position both in settling the Armenia-Turkey
relations and the Karabakh process, because as I have mentioned
before, the international community is saying that linking these two
processes may affect the Karabakh conflict settlement,' the Minister
concluded.
From: A. Papazian