THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS WILL BE VOID IF…

armradio.am
25.09.2008 17:48

The legal decision of US President Woodrow Wilson becomes more
important today, since if Turkey wants to establish normal relations
with Armenia, it should take concrete steps in this direction,
former Armenian Ambassador to Canada Ara Papyan told reporters
today. According to him, ever since acquiring independence Armenia
has been demonstrating an initiative of starting relations with
Turkey. It’ another question at what cost these relations should
be established. "What do we have to sacrifice, and what will we
get? Diplomacy is very much like medicine, i.e. any step should be
made in compliance with the "don’t harm" principle," he said.

Ara Papyan noted that he returned from New York yesterday and he has
the impression that the Americans are surprised at the warming of
Armenian-Turkish relations. Accoridng to him, American-Armenians are
annoyed, because such steps refer not only to Armenia, but also the
whole Diaspora. "In case of incorrect development of relations, the
efforts of Armenian diplomacy over the past 50 years will be void,"
he said.