RA MFA REFUSED TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WITH MIATSUM POLITICAL MOVEMENT

PanArmenian
April 15 2009
Armenia

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Volunteers’ Union organized a discussion
on normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties. Volunteer soldiers of
Artsakh war, intelligentsia and public organizations representatives
participated in the discussion.

One of the participants, writer and publicist Gevorg Yazychyan noted,
"What we witness now is not Armenian-Turkish relations, but only
Armenian-Turkish opposition and hostility."

"We lost part of our motherland and it’s our duty to set it free,"
he stated.

According to film director Tigran Khzmalyan, some day Armenian-Turkish
border will open, yet Armenian people are not ready for it today. "We
don’t want to live a life of seclusion and limited possibilities. We
have to work towards our society’s accepting the challenge," he noted.

When questioned by PanARMENIAN.Net reporter as to their steps
undertaken in that direction, Tigran Khzmalyan stressed that Miatsum
Political Movement repeatedly addressed the RA Foreign Minister to
request a meeting, yet received a refusal. "Important issues of
national identity and security should be discussed at the round
table with representatives of society, intelligentsia and public
organizations," he said.

Parties agreed to continue discussions in future to determine the
line of their further actions.