ARA PAPYAN: HOW CAN WE TRUST ARMENIA’S SECURITY TO TURKEY?

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.09.2008 17:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey’s Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform
will hardly be implemented, Armenian historian Ara Papyan told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

A plan 3+3+2 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Iran,
U.S. and EU) failed several years ago, he reminded.

"The same story will be now. I can’t understand how we can trust
Armenia’s security to Turkey. Is there anybody who thinks that
one football match can reconcile the two countries? Turkey seeks
domination in the region. But neither Russia nor the U.S. wants a
strong Turkey. So, they will not hurry to support the initiative,"
he said.

At that, he noted that Turkey pursues an insidious policy, urging
to form a commission of historians to study the fact of the Armenian
Genocide.

"Armenia should insist that denial of the Genocide and its consequences
is a shameful page in Turkish history. No relations are possible unless
Turkey acknowledges it. We should beware of Turkish interference in
any Armenian affair," the diplomat concluded.