POLAND READY TO ACT AS MEDIATOR
ArmRadio.am
26.02.2007 15:15
The Foreign Minister of Poland Anna Fatyga said during today’s joint
press conference with RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian that her
country is ready to act as a mediator in the normalization of relations
between Armenia and Turkey in case both sides express such will.
Anna Fotyga noted that Poland ha good historic ties with Turkey and
Armenia, that is why it is interested in promoting the normalization
of Armenian-Turkish relations.
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said he introduced his
Polish counterpart to the position of Yerevan to establish diplomatic
relations with Ankara without preconditions.
As for the initiative of Poland, in Vartan Oskanian’s words "it can
only be welcomed; it remains on the agenda, and it’s not ruled out
that we shall once use it."
Vartan Oskanian mentioned that such initiative "should not be an end
in itself." "All the parties must be confident that the mediation
will help achieve results," Vartan Oskanian clarified.