PRESENTATION OF VARTAN OSKANIAN’S "SPEAKING TO BE HEARD: A DECADE OF SPEECHES" IN BOSTON AND NEW YORK
By Nairi Muradian

AZG Armenian Daily
25/06/2009

Armenian-Turkish relations

Presentation of Vartan Oskanian’s book "Speaking to Be Heard: A Decade
of Speeches" took place last week in Boston on the initiative of NAASR.

The book contains more than 90 speeches Mr. Oskanian delivered as
foreign minister. Published by the Yerevan-based Civilitas Foundation,
of which Mr. Oskanian is the founder, the book was edited by the
foundation’s director, Salpi Ghazarian.

At the invitation of ANCA New York branch and several other
organizations, Vartan Oskanian also gave a talk titled, "Roadmap to
Where? Armeno-Turkish Relations: Pitfalls and Possibilities" on June
18 in New York City.

At the Fordham Law School in New York, speaking of recent developments
in Armenian-Turkish relations, Vartan Oskanian noted that all the
three authorities of the Republic of Armenia tried to establish
friendly relations with Turkey and in years, the Armenian society
expressed readiness for establishment of normal relations in spite
of some apprehension.

According to Mr. Oskanian, Armenia’s new authorities’ policy differ
from the former one in publicly speaking of the Armenian-Turkish
negotiations. And the Turkish side makes use of it presenting the
Karabakh issue as the only obstacle to Armenian-Turkish relations.