ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES TAKE A FIRM STANCE ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER OPENING
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2009 19:13 GMT+04:00
"The RA President stood firm in his position: Armenia cannot open
its border with Turkey until autumn. This is a kind of pressure
against Turkey," political scientist Alexander Iksansaryan told a news
conference in Yerevan. Mr. Iskandaryan believes that the route map will
be published, but that won’t ease public dissatisfaction. Despite its
content, the route map will arise criticism against the authorities,"
Mr. Iskandaryan noted. In the meantime, the political scientist
finds that it is necessary to take certain measures to relieve the
increasing wave of dissatisfaction in Armenia and Diaspora.
"As regards the date of signing the agreement, that should have taken
place between April 16 and 24. Before April 16, the parties were
not ready for it, and after April 24, the Foreign Ministries might
not have signed any agreement in view of President Obama’s speech,"
Mr. Iskandaryan said.
The Armenian-Turkish joint statement on the normalization of bilateral
ties was adopted on April 23 by the Armenian and Turkish Foreign
Ministries and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.