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YEREVAN SLAMS DAVUTOGLU
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart
Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands after signing the dangerous Protocols in
Zurich in 2009
Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister says Davutoglu should visit
Dzidzernagapert instead of making divisive statements.
YEREVAN-The Armenian government slammed Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu for undermining the peace process in the South Caucasus by
continuing to precondition the resolution of the Karabakh conflict
with normalizing of Turkey-Armenia relations.
Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Savarsh Kocharyan responded to
Davutoglu, who announced last week that he would visit Yerevan for the
December 12 meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
and hinted, over the weekend, that he might broach Turkey-Armenia
relations while in Yerevan.
"Instead of making provocative statements, the Turkish foreign minister
would do right by taking the chance to visit the Armenian Genocide
Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the [Armenian Genocide]
victims," Kocharyan told Armenpress Saturday.
"Turkey can contribute to the normalization of relations with
Armenia by ratifying and implementing, without any preconditions,
the Armenian-Turkish Protocols," added Kocharyan
"If Turkey wishes to further accelerate the establishment of civilized
relations between the countries of the region, it must recognize the
Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, and open the
Armenian-Turkish border which it closed," added Kocharyan stated.
Kocharyan's comments came in response to Turkish press reports
indicating that while in Armenia, Davutoglu would propose the opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border if Armenia "cede(s) from at least
two of the seven regions Armenia has been occupying since 1993,"
reported the Hurriyet Daily News.
While there has been no official indication about a meeting between
Dovutoglu and Armenia's Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian, the
Turkish foreign ministry told Hurriyet that such a meeting is
"highly possible."
Turkey has refused to ratify the dangerous Turkey-Armenia protocols,
which were signed in 2009, saying that Turkey will sign the accord
only after the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in favor
of Azerbaijan.
Davutoglu recently re-visited the Turkey-Armenia normalizations
process, when in October he visited Switzerland and brought up the
matter with Swiss leaders.
"We are now looking to develop it and advance with creative ideas and
new ways of thinking. We will increase our works in the coming period.
When relations between Turkey and Armenia are normalized, most of
the issues between Azerbaijan and Armenia will also be within the
framework of a solution," Davutoglu said during his visit to Bern
in October, when he also sought Switzerland's support for steps in
developing ties with Armenia.
Protest awaits Davutoglu
Protests Awaits Davutoglu The Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Nigol Aghabalian Student Organization announced that it would protest
Davutoglu's visit to Armenia Thursday.
The organization's chairman Gerasim Vardanyan said the protesters
will demand recognition of the Armenian Genocide and reparations to
its victims.
"One thing is clear," said Vardanyan, "We will remind Turkey, once
again, that owes a debt to Armenia and that there are unresolved
issues."
ANCA Issues Statement on Davutoglu Visit Armenian National Committee
of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following
statement Friday on Davutolglu's visit.
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu's upcoming visit to Armenia for
a December 12th regional conference shines a spotlight on Ankara's
continued use of its Protocols to escape liability for mass murder,
vast theft, and the wholesale dispossession of a nation of its
ancestral homeland.
The Armenian nation and all peoples should use this visit by a
leading official of a perpetrator state to the land of its surviving
victims to strengthen our call for a truthful, just, and comprehensive
international resolution of the Armenian Genocide. In coming to terms
with its responsibilities, Turkey must not only end its denials and
stop its obstruction of justice, but also cease its century-long policy
of anti-Armenian aggression, strangulation, and coercion rooted in
the legacy of this still unpunished crime.
The United States and our partners in the international community,
rather than abetting Ankara by arm-twisting Yerevan into a politically
untenable and morally unacceptable policy of "normalization without
justice," should be pressing Turkey to forfeit its genocidal gains,
to fully return all it has stolen, and to fairly compensate the
Armenian nation for its vast and ongoing losses.
The Armenian Genocide-an act of premeditated mass murder and national
dispossession-is not a bilateral "conflict" to be reconciled, but
rather an ongoing international crime that all nations, not Armenia
alone, have a moral and legal responsibility to punish.
http://asbarez.com/117222/yerevan-slams-davutoglu/
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart
Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands after signing the dangerous Protocols in
Zurich in 2009
Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister says Davutoglu should visit
Dzidzernagapert instead of making divisive statements.
YEREVAN-The Armenian government slammed Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu for undermining the peace process in the South Caucasus by
continuing to precondition the resolution of the Karabakh conflict
with normalizing of Turkey-Armenia relations.
Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Savarsh Kocharyan responded to
Davutoglu, who announced last week that he would visit Yerevan for the
December 12 meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
and hinted, over the weekend, that he might broach Turkey-Armenia
relations while in Yerevan.
"Instead of making provocative statements, the Turkish foreign minister
would do right by taking the chance to visit the Armenian Genocide
Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the [Armenian Genocide]
victims," Kocharyan told Armenpress Saturday.
"Turkey can contribute to the normalization of relations with
Armenia by ratifying and implementing, without any preconditions,
the Armenian-Turkish Protocols," added Kocharyan
"If Turkey wishes to further accelerate the establishment of civilized
relations between the countries of the region, it must recognize the
Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, and open the
Armenian-Turkish border which it closed," added Kocharyan stated.
Kocharyan's comments came in response to Turkish press reports
indicating that while in Armenia, Davutoglu would propose the opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border if Armenia "cede(s) from at least
two of the seven regions Armenia has been occupying since 1993,"
reported the Hurriyet Daily News.
While there has been no official indication about a meeting between
Dovutoglu and Armenia's Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian, the
Turkish foreign ministry told Hurriyet that such a meeting is
"highly possible."
Turkey has refused to ratify the dangerous Turkey-Armenia protocols,
which were signed in 2009, saying that Turkey will sign the accord
only after the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in favor
of Azerbaijan.
Davutoglu recently re-visited the Turkey-Armenia normalizations
process, when in October he visited Switzerland and brought up the
matter with Swiss leaders.
"We are now looking to develop it and advance with creative ideas and
new ways of thinking. We will increase our works in the coming period.
When relations between Turkey and Armenia are normalized, most of
the issues between Azerbaijan and Armenia will also be within the
framework of a solution," Davutoglu said during his visit to Bern
in October, when he also sought Switzerland's support for steps in
developing ties with Armenia.
Protest awaits Davutoglu
Protests Awaits Davutoglu The Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Nigol Aghabalian Student Organization announced that it would protest
Davutoglu's visit to Armenia Thursday.
The organization's chairman Gerasim Vardanyan said the protesters
will demand recognition of the Armenian Genocide and reparations to
its victims.
"One thing is clear," said Vardanyan, "We will remind Turkey, once
again, that owes a debt to Armenia and that there are unresolved
issues."
ANCA Issues Statement on Davutoglu Visit Armenian National Committee
of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following
statement Friday on Davutolglu's visit.
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu's upcoming visit to Armenia for
a December 12th regional conference shines a spotlight on Ankara's
continued use of its Protocols to escape liability for mass murder,
vast theft, and the wholesale dispossession of a nation of its
ancestral homeland.
The Armenian nation and all peoples should use this visit by a
leading official of a perpetrator state to the land of its surviving
victims to strengthen our call for a truthful, just, and comprehensive
international resolution of the Armenian Genocide. In coming to terms
with its responsibilities, Turkey must not only end its denials and
stop its obstruction of justice, but also cease its century-long policy
of anti-Armenian aggression, strangulation, and coercion rooted in
the legacy of this still unpunished crime.
The United States and our partners in the international community,
rather than abetting Ankara by arm-twisting Yerevan into a politically
untenable and morally unacceptable policy of "normalization without
justice," should be pressing Turkey to forfeit its genocidal gains,
to fully return all it has stolen, and to fairly compensate the
Armenian nation for its vast and ongoing losses.
The Armenian Genocide-an act of premeditated mass murder and national
dispossession-is not a bilateral "conflict" to be reconciled, but
rather an ongoing international crime that all nations, not Armenia
alone, have a moral and legal responsibility to punish.