ARMENIAN EX-FOREIGN MINISTER: PUBLICITY OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH TALKS CONTAINS CHALLENGES FOR THE ARMENIAN PARTY

ArmInfo
2009-06-24 23:29:00

ArmInfo. The policy of the present authorities of Armenia differs
from that of the previous ones, as they have decided to make the
Armenian-Turkish negotiations public, Armenian ex-foreign minister,
president of Civilitas Foundation Vardan Oskanian said when making
a lecture in New-York Fordham Law School.

As press-service of the Foundation reported, ex-minister said that
the Turkish party, using the fact that Armenia has openly said about
the progress in the negotiations, started putting forward the Karabakh
conflict as the only obstacle in normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations. He also added that in this situation the world community
will choose one of the two possible directions. Either it will admit
that Turkey misled Armenia, the USA and Europe and at present it is
responsible for worsening of distrust and for the shut down border;
or here there are also challenges for the Armenian party and the
world community will increase pressure upon Armenia in the matter of
the Karabakh conflict settlement, as Turkey and Azerbaijan say that
only in case of progress in this matter some positive movements in
the Armenian-Turkish relations will be possible, Oskanyan said.