ARMENIA-TURKEY ROAD MAP AGREEMENT ENVISAGES PACKAGE SOLUTION PROBLEMS

PanArmenian News
April 23 2009
Armenia

Joint statement on road map issued by Foreign Ministries of Armenia
and Turkey is the result of process launched two years ago, a Turkish
expert said.

"Now, we eyewitness achievements of these talks," Sinan Ogan, Chair of
the Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies
told PanARMENIAN.Net. "Turkey has many times declared it doesn’t
want to have problems with all neighboring countries. And what we
see today is the result of Ankara’s foreign policy."

Ogan believes that agreement between Yerevan and Ankara provides
complex, package solution of current Armenian-Turkish problems. "It
does not refer to the Armenian-Turkish border only. I think the road
map also includes the Karabakh conflict resolution. This is a multi
stage process," TURKSAM leader said.

Sinan Ogan commented that Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains on
Armenian-Turkish relations agenda. "I think during the current year
Yerevan, Ankara and Baku will manage to show serious progress in
Armenian-Turkish relations and Karabakh conflict resolution," he said.

On April 22, Armenia and Turkey agreed on road-map to normalize
ties. The joint statement issued by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia and Turkey said that Turkey and Armenia, together with
Switzerland as mediator, have been working intensively with a view to
normalizing their bilateral relations and developing them in a spirit
of good-neighborliness, and mutual respect, and thus to promoting
peace, security and stability in the whole region.

"The two parties have achieved tangible progress and mutual
understanding in this process and they have agreed on a comprehensive
framework for the normalization of their bilateral relations in a
mutually satisfactory manner. In this context, a road-map has been
identified.

This agreed basis provides a positive prospect for the on-going
process," the statement said.
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Subject: Armenia-Turkey road map agreement envisages package solution problems

PanArmenian News, Armenia
April 23 2009

Armenia-Turkey road map agreement envisages package solution problems

23.04.2009 23:13 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Joint statement on road map issued by Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Turkey is the result of process launched two years ago, a Turkish expert said.

â??Now, we eyewitness achievements of these talks,â?? Sinan Ogan, Chair of the Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies told PanARMENIAN.Net. â??Turkey has many times declared it doesnâ??t want to have problems with all neighboring countries. And what we see today is the result of Ankaraâ??s foreign policy.â??

Ogan believes that agreement between Yerevan and Ankara provides complex, package solution of current Armenian-Turkish problems. â??It does not refer to the Armenian-Turkish border only. I think the road map also includes the Karabakh conflict resolution. This is a multi stage process,â?? TURKSAM leader said.

Sinan Ogan commented that Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains on Armenian-Turkish relations agenda. â??I think during the current year Yerevan, Ankara and Baku will manage to show serious progress in Armenian-Turkish relations and Karabakh conflict resolution,â?? he said.

On April 22, Armenia and Turkey agreed on road-map to normalize ties. The joint statement issued by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey said that Turkey and Armenia, together with Switzerland as mediator, have been working intensively with a view to normalizing their bilateral relations and developing them in a spirit of good-neighborliness, and mutual respect, and thus to promoting peace, security and stability in the whole region.

â??The two parties have achieved tangible progress and mutual understanding in this process and they have agreed on a comprehensive framework for the normalization of their bilateral relations in a mutually satisfactory manner. In this context, a road-map has been identified.

This agreed basis provides a positive prospect for the on-going process,â?? the statement said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress