YEREVAN MANAGED TO SEPARATE KARABAKH ISSUE FROM ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS

PanAremenian News
April 23 2009
Armenia

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Any progress in Armenian-Turkish relation is welcome,
an Armenian expert said.

"Signing of road-map agreement may mean that Armenia managed to
separate Karabakh issue from Armenian-Turkish relations," Stepan
Grigoryan, President of Analytical Center of Globalization and Regional
Cooperation told PanARMENIAN.Net. "The Armenian-Turkish agreement
may also lead to resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict."

Now, the most important task is to identify sequence of steps,
according to him.

"It is important first to establish diplomatic relations and then
open the border. Then other steps will follow. I don’t think we
were imposed preconditions we cannot satisfy. I can assume only that
Armenia renounced its policy calling for international recognition
of Genocide," Grigoryan said.