AZERI AND TURKISH MASS MEDIA SOURCES ARE FIRST TO RESPOND TER-PETROSIAN’S SPEECH
By Hakob Chakrian

AZG Armenian Daily
26/09/2007

On September 21, former RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian held a
long speech at "Armenia-Marriot" hotel. He placed Armenia among the
third world countries. In particular, he also said that the biggest
resource of Armenia is its openness to the world, i.e it should open
borders with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran. He added that Meghri road
is no opportunity for economic growth, which can be achieved solely
by means of the Julfa railroad. Besides, he said that the settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh issue has entered almost a hopeless phase. If
we follow the response of the Azeri mass media sources to the speech
of this notorious political figure, we will see that their position
gets harsher and harsher. Henceforth, they aren’t going to make
any concession. At the same time, Ter-Petrosian doesn’t suggest any
solution to the situation.

"168 Hours" commented this speech in the article "Levon Ter-Petrosian
Hasn’t Decided Yet." Even if he says he doesn’t know what to do, he
considers opening borders with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran the only
way to secure Armenia’s return to the union of normal states. He also
emphasizes that Armenia should make unilateral concessions both in
the Nagorno Karabakh issue and in the issue of opening the borders
with Turkey.

As Armenia’s unilateral concession lead to acceptance of the
internationally unprecedented conditions suggested by Turks and Azeris,
Ter-Petrosian supports the anti-Armenian Turkish-Azeri position. At
the same time, he gives positive evaluation to the international
forces who will support the claims of the Azeris and the Turks.

Neither this readiness of Ter-Petrosian is new, nor his support for
the Azeri and Turkish positions in the issue of the mutual concessions
is.That’s why, the Azeri mass emdia sources were the first to respond
Ter-Petrosian’s speech. Thus, "Irevan" web site, Turkish Public
TV cited the following part of his speech:"Having made the Nagorno
Karabakh issue a unsolvable one, the current Armenian authorities
commit a great crime, Azerbaijan’s position gets much harsher, Baku
will make no concession, because of its authorities Armenia became
a third world country."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress