EDWARD NALBANDYAN: "NO PRECONDITIONS IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS"

Panorama.am
11:50 06/04/2009

"The resolution of the Armenian-Turkish relations should not depend
on some preconditions, and Armenia has held and currently keeps the
negotiations that way," announced the Foreign Minister of Armenia
Edward Nalbandyan. According to the press and information department
of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia Turkish authorities have been
announcing that resolution of the Armenian-Turkish relations depends on
some other issues, in particular, on the conflict of Nagorno Karabakh
and the international processes round the recognition of the Armenian
Genocide. The Foreign Minister of Armenia pointed out that Nagorno
Karabakh conflict has never been a point of discussion during the
Armenian-Turkish relations. "It has been announced for many times that
the fact of the Armenian Genocide should not put Armenian-Turkish
relations under question. Many countries have recognized Armenian
Genocide and Armenia has greeted that," said the Foreign Minister.