A. PAPYAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY MUST BE REGULATED LEGALLY

Panorama.am
15:53 14/11/06

Armenia may recover its title on historic lands and regulate relations
with Turkey bringing the issue into the legal field, Ara Papyan,
ex-ambassador of Armenia to Canada and an adviser at the Armenian
foreign ministry, told a press conference today. In his words, in terms
of politics and military Armenia is much weaker than Turkey. Therefore,
it must use the legal field, he said.

A. Papyan mentioned that according to international law the arbitration
decision of U.S. President Wilson on the territorial delimitation of
Turkey and Armenia is a legal basis which has no statute of limitation.

In December 1920, Armenia and Turkey and 20 other countries signed this
decision. Another legal document, which defines the Armenian-Turkish
border, does not exist, he said. Armenia must recover its title
on the territories let’s say via international court of U.N., he
said.