OSKANYAN: "NO NEED FOR ANOTHER FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO INSTABILITY"

Panorama.am
16:58 25/10/2007

There is no essential change in the foreign policy of Turkey towards
our country, Vardan Oskanyan, minister of foreign affairs, made this
statement today. He came up to this conclusion after the meeting
with the newly appointed foreign minister of Turkey, Ali Babajan,
in New York. In his words, the meetings on the level of ministers and
deputy ministers will continue but they cannot make "a part of process"
since there is no such process between Armenia and Turkey. "They will
be one-time meetings upon needs," the minister noted.

He also did not exclude that deputy foreign minister, Arman Kirakosyan,
who is in Ankara to participate in Black Sea Economic Cooperation
meeting on the level of ministers, may meet with Turkey Foreign
Minister Ali Babajan.

Answering to Panorama.am reporter during the press conference, Oskanyan
said Turkey’s invasion to North Iraq will have no direct influence
on our country. "It is simply concerning that one country may feel
free to violate the territorial integrity of another country, invade
and leave, as it did in case of other countries. The situation in the
region is very complex, tense and there is no need for an additional
factor contributing to instability," Oskanyan said.