RICHARD HOVHANNISYAN URGES CAUTIOUS APPROACH WITH TURKEY

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2009/04/20 | 15:02

At a press conference held earlier today Professor Richard
Hovhannisyan, an American-Armenian historian and father of Heritage
Party leader Raffi Hovannisyan, urged the Armenian government to take
a cautious approach in its dealings with Turkey.

"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.

"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," Professor Hovhannisyan noted.