LEVON TER-PETROSYAN: "ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS WILL NOT BE NORMALIZED UNTIL THE SOLUTION TO THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT"

Azeri Press Agency
Dec 22 2008
Azerbaijan

Yerevan-APA. "Armenia-Turkey relations will not be normalized and
borders will not be opened until the solution to the Nagorno karabakh
conflict", said former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, APA
reports quoting the News Armenia agency.

He said the Armenia-Turkey relations depended on Ankara’s principal
and constructive position and its impact on Azerbaijan as well. "The
Turkish side considers establishing of Armenia-Turkey historic
commission to research Armenian genocide in the context of the
relations with Armenia. This forgotten idea was brought on agenda as
a result Serj Sargsyan’s unstable policy. Establishing of the joint
commission will be a serious barrier for settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict and normalization of the Armenia-Turkey relations,
because Turkey will not leave the idea of joint commission and on
the other hand, Serj Sargsyan, even if he wants, cannot succeed in
realization of this idea under the pressure of public opinion".