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TURKEY'S POLICIES URGED PRESIDENT TO 'SEND ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS TO HELL', SAYS KARABAKH OFFICIAL
10:43 * 26.09.14
Turkey's behavior and policies were behind President Serzh Sargsyan's
strong-wordedstatement at the UN General Assembly's recent session,
a spokesperson for the Nagorno-Karabakh president has said, commenting
on Serzh Sargsyan's remark on the Armenia-Turkey protocols.
"Over the past years, Turkey hasn't made any step towards normalizing
the relations. Not only does it fail to acknowledge the Armenian
Genocide but also takes every possible measure to combat the Genocide
recognition efforts. This is viewed as a continuation of the Genocide,"
David Babayan told Tert.am.
In his speech at the General Assembly's 69th session in New York,
the Armenian leader strongly criticized Turkey for the stall in the
bilateral ties' normalization process. He said that such policies
have caused the official Yerevan to rethink its plans and consider
the recall of the documents. "Armenia has never conditioned the
normalization of the bilateral relations with Turkey by recognition of
the Armenian Genocide. In fact, Armenia was the party that initiated
such a process which culminated in the signing of the Zurich Protocols
in 2009. However, those Protocols have been shelved for years now
awaiting ratification in the Turkish Parliament. Ankara declares
publicly that it will ratify those Protocols only if Armenians cede
Nagorno- Karabakh, the free Artsakh, to Azerbaijan. In Armenia and
Artsakh ordinary people often just retort to such preconditions:
'To hell with you ratification.' This vernacular phrase concentrates
the age-old struggle of the entire nation, and it unequivocally
explains to those who attempt to bargain the others' homeland that
the motherland is sacrosanct, and they had better stay away from us
with their bargain. It is in these circumstances that currently the
official Yerevan is seriously considering the issue of recalling the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols from the parliament," he said.
Describing the Turkish policies on Nagorno-Karabakh as extremely
non-constructive, Babayan said he sees that the country is attempting
to link the issue with the Armenian Genocide.
"When Turkish Prime Minister [Ahmet] Davutoglu declares that Turkey
has to key questions - the Armenian issue and Cyprus - what else are
we supposed to expect in such a situation? So the need to revise the
protocols is gaining urgency," he noted.
Addressing the president's remark on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement issue and Azerbaijan's position on the process, Babayan said
their authorities too, have repeatedly stated in that connection that
Azerbaijan is a fascist state propagating Armenophobia and Nazism. He
said that such a country poses a threat to any normal and civilized
state.
"When, for example, the plane flying over Ukraine exploded, the whole
world was committed to take action, and the probe into the incident
continues to date. Whereas Azerbaijan declares on a state level that
it will shoot down a plane in case the airport in Stepanakert is
launched. And the menacing statement won't receive any reaction by the
international community. The aggressor naturally benefits from that,
continuing its non-constructive and abnormal behavior. If instead
the international community resorts to timely corresponding steps
and rhetoric, lots of things will not probably happen," he said,
referring to the recent border incidents and subversive acts.
Babayan said he finds force and punishment to be the only means
capable of restraining an aggressor.
"This is the problem, so we here have to agree with all the points
highlighted by the president," he added.
As for Serzh Sargsyan's remark on the OSCE Minsk Group mission's work,
Babayan said he knows that it is the only specialized organization that
has been dealing with the conflict settlement process for two decades,
having a mandate by the international community. "The procrastination
in the conflict settlement process is through no fault of the OSCE
Minsk Group. They are probably trying to equally react to different
processes. They have simply found themselves in situation that makes
them deal with an unhealthy state like Azerbaijan, so they do not
want to irritate it," he noted.
Babayan said he doesn't think that the Minsk Group is able to do
anything in the present circumstances. Neither did he agree that
a replacement of mediators or a change in the negotiating mission's
format can foster peace or in any other way contribute to the conflict
settlement process.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/09/26/davitbabayan-hramayakan
From: Baghdasarian
10:43 * 26.09.14
Turkey's behavior and policies were behind President Serzh Sargsyan's
strong-wordedstatement at the UN General Assembly's recent session,
a spokesperson for the Nagorno-Karabakh president has said, commenting
on Serzh Sargsyan's remark on the Armenia-Turkey protocols.
"Over the past years, Turkey hasn't made any step towards normalizing
the relations. Not only does it fail to acknowledge the Armenian
Genocide but also takes every possible measure to combat the Genocide
recognition efforts. This is viewed as a continuation of the Genocide,"
David Babayan told Tert.am.
In his speech at the General Assembly's 69th session in New York,
the Armenian leader strongly criticized Turkey for the stall in the
bilateral ties' normalization process. He said that such policies
have caused the official Yerevan to rethink its plans and consider
the recall of the documents. "Armenia has never conditioned the
normalization of the bilateral relations with Turkey by recognition of
the Armenian Genocide. In fact, Armenia was the party that initiated
such a process which culminated in the signing of the Zurich Protocols
in 2009. However, those Protocols have been shelved for years now
awaiting ratification in the Turkish Parliament. Ankara declares
publicly that it will ratify those Protocols only if Armenians cede
Nagorno- Karabakh, the free Artsakh, to Azerbaijan. In Armenia and
Artsakh ordinary people often just retort to such preconditions:
'To hell with you ratification.' This vernacular phrase concentrates
the age-old struggle of the entire nation, and it unequivocally
explains to those who attempt to bargain the others' homeland that
the motherland is sacrosanct, and they had better stay away from us
with their bargain. It is in these circumstances that currently the
official Yerevan is seriously considering the issue of recalling the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols from the parliament," he said.
Describing the Turkish policies on Nagorno-Karabakh as extremely
non-constructive, Babayan said he sees that the country is attempting
to link the issue with the Armenian Genocide.
"When Turkish Prime Minister [Ahmet] Davutoglu declares that Turkey
has to key questions - the Armenian issue and Cyprus - what else are
we supposed to expect in such a situation? So the need to revise the
protocols is gaining urgency," he noted.
Addressing the president's remark on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement issue and Azerbaijan's position on the process, Babayan said
their authorities too, have repeatedly stated in that connection that
Azerbaijan is a fascist state propagating Armenophobia and Nazism. He
said that such a country poses a threat to any normal and civilized
state.
"When, for example, the plane flying over Ukraine exploded, the whole
world was committed to take action, and the probe into the incident
continues to date. Whereas Azerbaijan declares on a state level that
it will shoot down a plane in case the airport in Stepanakert is
launched. And the menacing statement won't receive any reaction by the
international community. The aggressor naturally benefits from that,
continuing its non-constructive and abnormal behavior. If instead
the international community resorts to timely corresponding steps
and rhetoric, lots of things will not probably happen," he said,
referring to the recent border incidents and subversive acts.
Babayan said he finds force and punishment to be the only means
capable of restraining an aggressor.
"This is the problem, so we here have to agree with all the points
highlighted by the president," he added.
As for Serzh Sargsyan's remark on the OSCE Minsk Group mission's work,
Babayan said he knows that it is the only specialized organization that
has been dealing with the conflict settlement process for two decades,
having a mandate by the international community. "The procrastination
in the conflict settlement process is through no fault of the OSCE
Minsk Group. They are probably trying to equally react to different
processes. They have simply found themselves in situation that makes
them deal with an unhealthy state like Azerbaijan, so they do not
want to irritate it," he noted.
Babayan said he doesn't think that the Minsk Group is able to do
anything in the present circumstances. Neither did he agree that
a replacement of mediators or a change in the negotiating mission's
format can foster peace or in any other way contribute to the conflict
settlement process.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/09/26/davitbabayan-hramayakan
From: Baghdasarian