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ARMENIA'S FM PAPAZYAN DIDN'T RULE OUT PKK-DASHNAK TIES - WIKILEAKS
Tert.am
22:50 02.09.11
Vahan Papazyan, Armenia's Foreign Minister in 1993-1995 did not
rule out ties between the PKK and Armenian Revolutionary Federation,
according to a new US diplomatic cable.
In the document dated to July 29, 1993, and unveiled by the WikiLeaks,
the then US Ambassador to Armenia, Harry Gilmore, writes that they
tried to raise the issue of PKK with FM Vahan Papazyan.
"There are no ties with the government of the Republic of Armenia
and the PKK. But it is not ruled out that there might be such ties
with some opposition groups, such as the Dashnaks," Papazyan told
Gilmore then.
Asked to clarify whether he means the Dashnaks in Armenia or those
in Athens, Greece, Papazyan said: "There is no difference."
Further, the US ambassador says they tried to find out whether it
was true that the PKK published a magazine in Armenia.
They found out that those rumors were true: the chief editor of the
magazine confessed they published two issues only and added that the
PKK did not conduct activities in Armenia.
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
22:50 02.09.11
Vahan Papazyan, Armenia's Foreign Minister in 1993-1995 did not
rule out ties between the PKK and Armenian Revolutionary Federation,
according to a new US diplomatic cable.
In the document dated to July 29, 1993, and unveiled by the WikiLeaks,
the then US Ambassador to Armenia, Harry Gilmore, writes that they
tried to raise the issue of PKK with FM Vahan Papazyan.
"There are no ties with the government of the Republic of Armenia
and the PKK. But it is not ruled out that there might be such ties
with some opposition groups, such as the Dashnaks," Papazyan told
Gilmore then.
Asked to clarify whether he means the Dashnaks in Armenia or those
in Athens, Greece, Papazyan said: "There is no difference."
Further, the US ambassador says they tried to find out whether it
was true that the PKK published a magazine in Armenia.
They found out that those rumors were true: the chief editor of the
magazine confessed they published two issues only and added that the
PKK did not conduct activities in Armenia.
From: Baghdasarian