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SOURCES OF TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY: WITHDRAWAL OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS IS A WRONG AND UNSUCCESSFUL STEP
by Tatevik Shahunyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, February 17, 12:07
Armenia has never demonstrated sincerity in normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations, Hurriyet has been told by a source in
the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
The source also condemns the Armenian President's withdrawal of the
Armenian-Turkish protocols on normalization of relations. "This is
a wrong and unsuccessful step", it said.
To note, on Feb 16 President Serzh Sargsyan addressed a letter to the
President of the RA National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, informing him
about his decision to recall the Armenian-Turkish Protocols from the RA
NA. The Armenian President's press service quotes Sargsyan as saying,
"It is already six years since the Armenia-Turkey Protocols were
signed. During the entire period, Armenia has always demonstrated
a consistent approach in bringing the protocols to life. However,
we have to state the lack of Turkish authorities' political will, the
distortion of the letter and spirit of the protocols and the continuous
stimulation of preconditions. Simultaneously, as the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide approaches, the policy of negationism and
historical revisionism is gaining new momentum. I have spoken many
times about the non-inexhaustibility of time, including from the
podium of the UN General Assembly in September 2014. I repent that
the Turkish leadership failed to listen to Armenia's exhortation.
Hence, I have made a decision to recall from the National Assembly
of the Republic of Armenia, the Protocol on the Establishment of
Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic
of Turkey and the Protocol on Development of Relations between the
Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey which were signed on
the 10th of October of 2009 in Zurich."
by Tatevik Shahunyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, February 17, 12:07
Armenia has never demonstrated sincerity in normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations, Hurriyet has been told by a source in
the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
The source also condemns the Armenian President's withdrawal of the
Armenian-Turkish protocols on normalization of relations. "This is
a wrong and unsuccessful step", it said.
To note, on Feb 16 President Serzh Sargsyan addressed a letter to the
President of the RA National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, informing him
about his decision to recall the Armenian-Turkish Protocols from the RA
NA. The Armenian President's press service quotes Sargsyan as saying,
"It is already six years since the Armenia-Turkey Protocols were
signed. During the entire period, Armenia has always demonstrated
a consistent approach in bringing the protocols to life. However,
we have to state the lack of Turkish authorities' political will, the
distortion of the letter and spirit of the protocols and the continuous
stimulation of preconditions. Simultaneously, as the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide approaches, the policy of negationism and
historical revisionism is gaining new momentum. I have spoken many
times about the non-inexhaustibility of time, including from the
podium of the UN General Assembly in September 2014. I repent that
the Turkish leadership failed to listen to Armenia's exhortation.
Hence, I have made a decision to recall from the National Assembly
of the Republic of Armenia, the Protocol on the Establishment of
Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic
of Turkey and the Protocol on Development of Relations between the
Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey which were signed on
the 10th of October of 2009 in Zurich."