Panorama.am
14:55 14/04/06
DEMOCRATIZED TURKEY IS IN THE INTERESTS OF ARMENIA
`The tendency of Turkey to be included in EU is in the
national interest of Armenia as well as to see Turkey
democratized,’ announced the analyst of `Institute of
Civil Society and Regional Development’ Shushan
Khatlamajyan in the course of the seminar `The Process
of Euro integration and regulation of regional
conflicts’.
As she said that is the official position of our
republic. In the meantime according to public opinion
polls the public opinion doesn’t support this
viewpoint. `The great difference between the public
opinion and the official policy is a challenge to our
state security,’ the analyst thinks. Thus, as she
explains, if the radical nationalists win the election
in Turkey, it is well-known what the Armenian-Turkish
relation will look like. According to the information
Khatlamajyan possesses the number of people, who think
the EU plays an unfair game with them, is increasing.
And up to now no serious research has been carried out
in the country to find out what people think about the
perspective of being included into the EU.
Yet, as the expert thinks, recently in the course of
summit talks with the European figures the Armenian
side announced opinions which strangely have much in
common with Turkish arguments. `For example, Turkey
says one shouldn’t connect its relation with Armenia
and Cyprus with being included in the EU, as these are
different processes. Our President and Foreign
Minister say the same despite the fact that among the
main conditions to be included into the EU the
regulation of conflicts and activation of regional
cooperation are stated,’ S. Khatlamajyan said.
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