ARMENIA DOESN’T HAVE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO ITS NEIGHBORS
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.10.2007 18:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ European Parliamentarians queried Armenian Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian whether Armenia would seek territorial and
compensation claims along the lines of recognition of the Armenian
Genocide.
While denying any territorial claims, Minister Oskanian pointed to the
Treaty of Kars, which regulates the border between Turkey and Armenia.
"Since this treaty has never been renounced or replaced after the fall
of the Soviet regime and our independence, the borders are clearly
demarcated according to it. Therefore, Turkey has no reason to be
concerned," Oskanian said.
He added that since Armenia does not have such pre-conditions to start
governmental dialogue, Turkey also has to withdraw its pre-condition
of Armenia renouncing ‘genocide claims’ to start dialogue between
the two countries.
Oskanian added that Turkey’s other pre-condition on the Nagorno
Karabakh issue is also unacceptable since this is a bilateral problem
between Armenia and Azerbaijan.