EU-TURKEY NEGOTIATIONS FOCUSED ON TWO ISSUES VITAL FOR ARMENIANS

Pan Armenian News
15.06.2005 06:10

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Very often Turks and Azeris say that unless the
Karabakh issue is settled and Armenian forces quit the territory of
Karabakh the prospects of opening of the Armenian-Turkish border and
establishment of relations are quite vague, NKR Foreign Minister Arman
Melikian stated in his interview with H2 Armenian TV Channel. “I think
statements of the kind are used as a cover for other interests. I am
convinced Turkey uses the blockade of the Armenian border for obtaining
some advantage in the negotiations with the EU member-states, which
from their part raise the issue of the Armenian Genocide. Thus the
EU-Turkey negotiations focused on two issues vital for Armenians. We
should try not to indulge in illusions and use every possibility “,
NKR Foreign Minister said.