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NO PREREQUISITES TO MOMENTUM TOWARDS ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT-EXPERT
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June 15 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - No progress has been achieved in the Armenia-Turkey
rapprochement following parliamentary elections in Turkey, Director of
Oriental Studies Institute of Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
expert in Turkic studies Ruben Safrastyan told a press conference in
Yerevan on Wednesday.
"I do not see any prerequisites for "Justice and Development" party
to change its attitude towards Armenia. In his victory speech Erdogan
appealed to his party members, stressing it is their brothers' victory,
in the name of Baku too. We can say for sure Turkey will not change its
attitude towards normalization with Armenia," the expert emphasized.
Safrastyan noted unless a breakthrough is achieved in Karabakh conflict
resolution, Turkey will not open the border and establish diplomatic
relations with Armenia.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, October 10, 2009, in Zurich,
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol
on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for the
development of bilateral relations", which needed to be ratified by
the parliaments of the two countries. However, this did not happen.
The signing ceremony was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and France Bernard
Kouchner, as well as Secretary General of the Council of the European
Union Javier Solana. The signing ceremony was at the center of the
world's attention, broadcast on 70 TV channels.
However, on December 7, 2009, Turkey linked the Armenian-Turkish
process to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During a meeting with U.S.
President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
that Ankara would not ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols without
resolution of the Karabakh conflict. On April 22, 2010, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree suspending the ratification
process.
news.am
June 15 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - No progress has been achieved in the Armenia-Turkey
rapprochement following parliamentary elections in Turkey, Director of
Oriental Studies Institute of Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
expert in Turkic studies Ruben Safrastyan told a press conference in
Yerevan on Wednesday.
"I do not see any prerequisites for "Justice and Development" party
to change its attitude towards Armenia. In his victory speech Erdogan
appealed to his party members, stressing it is their brothers' victory,
in the name of Baku too. We can say for sure Turkey will not change its
attitude towards normalization with Armenia," the expert emphasized.
Safrastyan noted unless a breakthrough is achieved in Karabakh conflict
resolution, Turkey will not open the border and establish diplomatic
relations with Armenia.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, October 10, 2009, in Zurich,
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol
on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations" and "Protocol for the
development of bilateral relations", which needed to be ratified by
the parliaments of the two countries. However, this did not happen.
The signing ceremony was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and France Bernard
Kouchner, as well as Secretary General of the Council of the European
Union Javier Solana. The signing ceremony was at the center of the
world's attention, broadcast on 70 TV channels.
However, on December 7, 2009, Turkey linked the Armenian-Turkish
process to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During a meeting with U.S.
President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
that Ankara would not ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols without
resolution of the Karabakh conflict. On April 22, 2010, Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree suspending the ratification
process.