ARMENIA SHOULD KEEP DISTANCE FROM HISTORY TO NORMALISE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY

Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
March 15 2006

YEREVAN – “Armenia should maximally keep the distance from the
history. Only in this case normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations
is possible”, expert, political scientist Stepan Grigoryan stated in
an interview with Armenian PanARMENIAN.Net news site.

In his words, ARF Dashnaktsutyun is guilty in conclusion of the Moscow
Treaty on March 16, 1921, which signed it on behalf of Armenia. “It was
exactly when we lost everything and the Kars Treaty, signed October 13
of the same year, merely fixed that loss,” he remarked. In his words,
no party will win anything in case of revision or denouncement of
the Moscow Treaty.

“I am repeating, if we do not refer to history, but start establishing
relations with Turkey, it will notably weaken Azerbaijan’s position
in the region. In fact Armenia is able to break the Turkey-Azerbaijan
tandem for its interest”, Grigoryan emphasized.

Dr. Nilgun Gulcan from ISRO aggrees Grigoryan: “Armenians live in the
past more than today. They are obbsessed with the past. They made the
1915 a legacy and first one to believe was themselves. They live in
a created world not in the 21st century. Ankara has made enermous
efforts to normalise the relations, however no one step has been
taken by the Yerevan Governmet. Good relations between Turkey and
Armenia would help both sides. We need dialogue even to discuss the
past. Without dialogue both side can only create more biases.”