Armenian Foreign Minister: "I support discussion of the problem of Garabagh and "genocide" at a conference in Munich"

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Feb 13 2008
Azerbaijan

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan considers the fact that the
issues, connected with the Garabagh conflict, "Armenians’ genocide"
and closing of Armenian-Turkish borders, were raised at the Munich
conference, to be positive.

"Turkey’s Prime Minister Rejep Tayip Erdogan addressing the conference
introduced his country as a democratic state, striving for accession
to CoE and promoting peace and stability in the region and on the
whole. I told him that closed Armenian-Turkish borders can not be the
policy of peace-keeping and stability and it is impossible to settle
the issue by means of the positive and balanced policy of Turkey on the
problems of Garabagh and "Armenians’ genocide", Vardan Oskanyan said.

According to him, his question, asked in a form of a small speech, was
quite calm and constructive, while Erdogan’s reply was not concordant
to it.

"Erdogan has demonstrated a standard approach which is not new to us",
Oskanyan noted.

It should be noted that Armenia and Turkey to not maintain diplomatic
relations and the Armenian-Tyurkish borders were closed in 1993 by
Ankara’s initiative.

Official Yerevan declares readiness to restore relations with Turkey
unconditionally. However, Turkey puts forward a number of provisions
for restoration of bilateral relations, in particular, Armenia’s
rejection of the policy of international recognition of "Armenians’
genocide" and concessions in the Garabagh issue.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress