TURKEY THREATENS ARMENIA WITH «LOSSES IN CASE ANKARA DEMANDS NOT MET»

Pan ARMENIAN Network, Armenia
July 16 2005

15.07.2005 04:36

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In his San Francisco statement made to journalists
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan censured Armenian
leaders. He remarked “Yerevan continues occupation policy,” and
again warned Armenian leaders, pointing out Turkey “is not going to
withdraw its demand to Armenia over liberation of Azerbaijani lands.”
In Erdogan’s words, official Yerevan should prove its interest in
normalization of the Turkish-Armenian relations in practice. The PM
said, “the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan may be
a step to that end,” “Armenia should withdraw the occupied territories
and cede them to Azerbaijan in a short term. Otherwise Turkey will not
open the border with the invader state.” Touching upon acknowledgement
of the Armenian Genocide by some western states, Erdogan called such
actions unfair and ungrounded. He said recognition of the Genocide
does not promote normalization of the Turkish-Armenian relations at
all. Thus he noted Armenian leaders should review their policy over
the genocide issue. In his words, Armenia loses much when it does
not meet Turkey’s demands. Erdogan urged the Armenian Government
“not to disseminate hatred between the neighbor peoples and not to
use history to that end,” reported the 525 Baku newspaper.

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