RICHARD HOVHANNISYAN HOPES THE AUTHORITIES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DEMAND FROM TURKEY
Hasmik Dilanyan

"Radiolur"
20.04.2009 13:33

"I hope our authorities clearly know what they are going to demand
from Turkey against the normalization of relations," Professor of the
California University Richard Hovhannisyan said during a scientific
conference in Yerevan dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Adana
Massacres. In his opinion, the more access Armenia has to the outer
world, the better.

The attention of the society has been recently focused on the further
relations between Armenia and Turkey, especially the opening of
the border.

Historians, political scientists, economists have been trying to
analyze what the opening of the border will give us, and how our
relations with the neighbor country will develop.

"We know that the Turkish side is very experienced, very adroit and
flexible. We should always be cautious and I do hope that our state
has a clear program, which sets our demands," Richard Hovhannisyan
stated. The most important is to have a clear and planned approach,
he added.

"We know that Turks are very flexible and will use the policy of
‘we are in dialogue, don’t disturb the process,’ which we should be
cautious of, Richard Hovhannisyan said.