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ARMENIA SHOWED IT IS NOT AFRAID OF TURKEY
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: National issues are of great
significance for Armenia, director of Oriental Studies Institute,
Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan said at the round-table discussion on
"Contemporary Armenian-Turkish Relations and Perspectives for Coming
Five Years". He said the goals of the protocols remained undone,
but Armenia showed its readiness to normalize relations with Turkey.
"Turkey uses factors not connected with the regulation of inter-state
ties. Turkey must step back from its policy it carries out for already
twenty years: it must not exert pressure on Armenia," Safrastyan said.
In his opinion, Armenian diplomacy is on higher level and in respect
of Armenian-Turkish relations Armenians are ready for inter-state
relations without pre-conditions. Turkey must behave in the same way.
"We may register that nothing harmed us during the process in
connection with the Genocide issue. We showed that we are firm and
we are not afraid of Turkey. We are not speaking of good-neighborly
relations as there are deep issues between the two countries and
peoples. We are speaking of normal relations," the Turkologist said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: National issues are of great
significance for Armenia, director of Oriental Studies Institute,
Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan said at the round-table discussion on
"Contemporary Armenian-Turkish Relations and Perspectives for Coming
Five Years". He said the goals of the protocols remained undone,
but Armenia showed its readiness to normalize relations with Turkey.
"Turkey uses factors not connected with the regulation of inter-state
ties. Turkey must step back from its policy it carries out for already
twenty years: it must not exert pressure on Armenia," Safrastyan said.
In his opinion, Armenian diplomacy is on higher level and in respect
of Armenian-Turkish relations Armenians are ready for inter-state
relations without pre-conditions. Turkey must behave in the same way.
"We may register that nothing harmed us during the process in
connection with the Genocide issue. We showed that we are firm and
we are not afraid of Turkey. We are not speaking of good-neighborly
relations as there are deep issues between the two countries and
peoples. We are speaking of normal relations," the Turkologist said.
From: A. Papazian