ARMENIA AND TURKEY INTERESTS DON’T COINCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.05.2008 18:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia MP, member of the ruling Republican Party of
Armenia, Armen Ashotuan thinks that the true and announced interests
of Turkey and Armenia do not coincide.

"If the interests, which are just declared, can be compared, so
the true interests clash only," Ashotyan told "Global Challenges
and Threats: Are Joint Efforts between Armenia and Turkey
Possible?" international conference in Yerevan.

"If Armenia needs Turkey as a steadily developing neighbor,
Turkey needs Armenia at the instigation of world powers and major
international organizations," the MP said.

"Armenia’s global and regional interests focus international
recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, open communication and
recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey is aspired to join the
EU and maintain Turkish unity," he noted.

"Turkish unity supposes that Turkey doesn’t accept any possibility of
relations with Armenia unless the Karabakh problem is resolved. Fearing
for its territorial inviolability, it keeps on denying the Armenian
Genocide, which is frequently used as a stumble block for Turkey’s
accession to the EU," Ashotyan said, Novosti Armenia reports.