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March 10 2012
Turkey, Azerbaijan impede establishment of Yerevan-Ankara ties - Armenian leader
Yerevan, 10 March: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said today that
the only obstacle for the establishment of the relations between
Armenia and Turkey rest[s] with Ankara and Baku.
Serzh Sargsyan said this speaking today at the Republican Party of
Armenia Convention.
"Our initiative on the normalization of the relations between Armenia
and Turkey which from the outset had two ways to progress [sentence as
given]. It is true that the initiative didn't develop in the way
desirable for Armenia and the international community; the
Armenian-Turkish border still remains closed. However, the second way
which the initiative went on was also important, because[:]
First, as recent developments have clearly shown, it has solidified
the process of the international recognition of the Armenian genocide;
Second, the entire world came to see that the only obstacle for the
establishment of the relations between Armenia and Turkey rest[s] with
Ankara and another capital, which acts as a busybody, but in no way or
shape with Yerevan;
And third, that Turkey was compelled by that initiative to sign an
international document, which rules out any precondition for the
establishment of the relations," Armenian leader said.
March 10 2012
Turkey, Azerbaijan impede establishment of Yerevan-Ankara ties - Armenian leader
Yerevan, 10 March: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said today that
the only obstacle for the establishment of the relations between
Armenia and Turkey rest[s] with Ankara and Baku.
Serzh Sargsyan said this speaking today at the Republican Party of
Armenia Convention.
"Our initiative on the normalization of the relations between Armenia
and Turkey which from the outset had two ways to progress [sentence as
given]. It is true that the initiative didn't develop in the way
desirable for Armenia and the international community; the
Armenian-Turkish border still remains closed. However, the second way
which the initiative went on was also important, because[:]
First, as recent developments have clearly shown, it has solidified
the process of the international recognition of the Armenian genocide;
Second, the entire world came to see that the only obstacle for the
establishment of the relations between Armenia and Turkey rest[s] with
Ankara and another capital, which acts as a busybody, but in no way or
shape with Yerevan;
And third, that Turkey was compelled by that initiative to sign an
international document, which rules out any precondition for the
establishment of the relations," Armenian leader said.