Zaman, Turkey
Jan 25 2005

‘Yerevan Must Take 3 Concrete Steps to Compromise’
By Suleyman Kurt
Published: Tuesday 25, 2005
zaman.com

Ankara described an announcement by Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanyan that they would recognize the Kars Agreement as
“opportunism.”

A Turkish Foreign Ministry diplomat said yesterday: “There are some
expressions used in the Armenian Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence. They use the expression “Western Armenia” to describe
Turkey’s eastern regions and the Agri Mountain is registered as the
national emblem. Secondly, they are not working on any concrete steps
to withdraw from the Azerbaijani territories they occupy. They blame
Turkey for the alleged ‘genocide’ through the diaspora. If we are
talking about compromise, concrete steps should be made in those
three areas.”