TURKEY MUST REFUSE FROM BELLICOSE POLICY TO ARMENIA: EXPERT

arminfo
2008-09-05 14:16:00

ArmInfo. To establish Armenian-Turkish relations, official Ankara
must refuse from bellicose policy to Armenia, Armen Ayvazyan Doctor
of Political Science, Director of Ararat Center of Strategic Studies,
told media.

Armenian authorities wage policy of senseless concessions that may
make the public unable to self-defense and pass a wet sponge over the
memory of our people. Our authorities must not forget the policy of
Ankara to Armenia for the last years, he said.

The expert believes that Turkey blocked the border with Armenia
to exert pressure on the republic. Turkey is unlikely to open the
border now when the Georgian border is also blocked and there is a
good opportunity to cause maximum damage to Armenia, the expert said.

Turkey may open the border subject to two circumstances. First of
all, if Armenia refuses from policy of international recognition of
Genocide, yields Karabakh to Azerbaijan and recognizes the present
borders of Turkey. Turkey is well-aware that fulfillment of such
preconditions is unreal. Second, Turkey may open the border if it is
sure that open borders will cause more damage to Armenia than blocked
ones, A. Ayvazyan said.