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Van der Linden: Armenia Should Look in Future to Normalize Relations
with Turkey

29.04.2006 20:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) René van der Linden said that to normalize
relations with Turkey Armenia should `look in the future, not using
the past to block it and look for peaceful solutions.’ `The fact that
Armenia and Turkey and CE members provides an opportunity to MPs of
the two countries to meet and discuss problems. I believe if you live
in a region and you do not have actual open contacts: trade and
economic, cultural and personal relations, you do not serve to the
cause of securing a better future for your country. It is impossible
to build a sustainable future in a region, where you are isolated from
your neighbors. I am sure that looking in the future is in the
interests of Armenia, not using the past to block it and look for
peaceful solutions.

If you want to find a solution, you will find it. However, you will
never find one securing a 100% outcome for you. Compromise is always
necessary, as the other side has its arguments and if you insist only
on your principles and feelings, it will be very hard to find a
sustainable and peaceful solution,» the PACE President said, reports
Mediamax.