ARMEN ASHOTIAN: SERIOUS PROGRESS WAS RECORDED IN ARMENIA’S FOREIGN POLICY LATELY

NOYAN TAPAN
APRIL 28, 2009
YEREVAN

Dynamic developments are noticed in Armenia’s foreign policy lately,
and no step has been taken against country’s national interests. Armen
Ashotian, a member of the RA NA RPA faction, said at the April 27
press conference. In his words, President Serzh Sargsyan carried out
intensive diplomatic policy with a number of countries, including
the U.S., RF, and IRI.

In A. Ashotian’s opinion, progress was also recorded in the issue of
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. "From 1993 Turkey has
closed its border with Armenia and showed that it is the supporter of
Azerbaijan in the issue of problem’s solution. Armenia’s diplomatic
success is that the issue of normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations is already separated from the Nagorno Karabakh settlement,"
A. Ashotian said.

Speaking about U.S. President Barack Obama’s April 24 address,
A. Ashotian said that it is obviously a step forward as compared
with former U.S. Presidents’ addresses. In his words, Obama classed
the events of 1915 as Mets Yeghern, which is a synonym of the word
"genocide".