STATEMENT BY ARMENIAN AND TURKISH MFAS STAB IN ARMENIA’S BACK

PanArmenian News
April 23 2009
Armenia

The joint statement issued by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia and Turkey said that Turkey and Armenia, together with
Switzerland as mediator, is a stab in the back of Armenian public,
according to an expert.

"Some high-ranking Armenian officials want to have the border
with Turkey opened so much that they are ready to make any
concession up to sinking the massacre of 1.5 million of Armenians
into oblivion," Eduard Abrahamyan, expert at Mitq analytical center,
told PanARMENIAN.Net. "These people wouldn’t scruple to undermine the
process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The
Armenian leadership as if does everything possible to make Azerbaijan’s
best ally – Turkey – a key actor in Karabakh conflict resolution. It’s
not only illogical but also traitorous."

"For Azerbaijan and Turkey, Nagorno Karabakh is an issue of
prestige. For Armenia, it’s national ideology," he stressed.

"Venal politicians should be stopped. Otherwise, the struggle for
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and recognition of
Nagorno Karabakh’s independence will be discredited," Abrahamyan said.