NEW PAGE IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS

AZG Armenian Daily
27/03/2008

Armenia-Turkey

In his interview to Russian "Politicheski journal" Turkish Ambassador
to Russia Kurtulush Tashkent touching upon Armenian-Turkish
relations said, "It’s a pity that we have no diplomatic relations
with Armenia. The reason is that the Independence Declaration and
Constitution of Armenia involve such articles that make territorial
demands on Turkey. The second reason is that Armenia tries to make
other counties’ parliaments recognize so called Armenian Genocide".

According to the Turkish Ambassador, the third reason that Turkey
doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Armenia is that "Part of
Azerbaijani territory is occupied by Armenia".

"We are neighbor countries and will remain such.

Consequently, development of normal relations entirely meets the
interests of our countries’ peoples.

We hope that Mr. Sarkisian will open a new page in Turkish-Armenian
relations", announced Kurtulush Tashkent.