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TIGRAN SARGSYAN: ARMENIA READY TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TURKEY WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS
armradio.am
16.06.2011 12:28
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said his country was ready
to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without preconditions.
In an interview with BBC Russian Service broadcast on Wednesday
evening, Sargsyan described as "nonsense" closed borders in the
21st century.
"We hope that Turkey will be consistent in normalizing the
Armenian-Turkish relations. I mean in particular the signed protocols,
which boil down to that the two neighboring countries intend to
establish normal relations without preconditions.
"The position of Armenia has not changed over the past 20 years. We
are ready to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without
preconditions. And the agreements that were reached with the Turkish
side were based on this fundamental understanding of the situation,"
the Prime Minister said.
"We will be happy if our Turkish colleagues come to this conclusion,
that having close borders in the 21st century is nonsense," he added.
armradio.am
16.06.2011 12:28
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said his country was ready
to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without preconditions.
In an interview with BBC Russian Service broadcast on Wednesday
evening, Sargsyan described as "nonsense" closed borders in the
21st century.
"We hope that Turkey will be consistent in normalizing the
Armenian-Turkish relations. I mean in particular the signed protocols,
which boil down to that the two neighboring countries intend to
establish normal relations without preconditions.
"The position of Armenia has not changed over the past 20 years. We
are ready to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without
preconditions. And the agreements that were reached with the Turkish
side were based on this fundamental understanding of the situation,"
the Prime Minister said.
"We will be happy if our Turkish colleagues come to this conclusion,
that having close borders in the 21st century is nonsense," he added.