VARTAN OSKANIAN: "NO MOVEMENT FIXED IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS IN 2006"

Noyan Tapan
Jan 09 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. "No considerable movement was fixed in
the Armenia-Turkey relations in 2006 because of the policy fostered
by Turkey towards Armenia." RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian
stated about it at the January 9 press conference. In his words,
the Armenia-Turkey bilateral contacts mainly took place within the
framework of international organizations (BSEC, CE, UNESCO, etc.).

In V.Oskanian’s words, Turkey continues conditioning improvement
of the Armenian-Turkish relations with a number of pre-conditions
while Armenia is for establishing relations with Turkey without
pre-conditions. "Armenia many times expressed its readiness to
negotiate to solve the problems and misunderstandings existing between
the two countries," V.Oskanian stated.

He also mentioned that Turkey with Azerbaijan continues its
non-constructive policy to isolate Armenia from the regional
cooperation programs.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress