ANKARA GAINS NO PROFIT FROM SUSPENDING THE DIALOGUE WITH YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.08.2009 16:26 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Suspension of the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation
contradict to the interests of Turkey itself, Karen Bekaryan ,
chairman of the "European Integration" NGO told journalists in
Yerevan. According to him, "If Turkey wants to become a regional
power, it must understand that it will be impossible as long as it
is in a bad relationship with its neighboring countries. Besides,
Turkey faces today much more difficult problems than the issue of
normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, particularly the
Cyprus problem, the Kurdish problem. All these issues affect its EU
accession, " the Armenian expert said.

In this context, according to Karen Bekaryan, Turkey implements a
policy simulation not in respect to the Armenian-Turkish process,
but rather to the process of European integration of the country.

"Ankara is trying in every possible way to show the EU that it has
made progress in several issues, and if at the moment this progress
is not observed in Cyprus or the Kurdish processes, then it must be
notable in the Armenian-Turkish relations," Karen Bekaryan said.

Mr. Bekaryan stressed he fact that over the last years, the Turkish
authorities have not taken any steps to help the Turkish society
become more tolerant towards Armenia. Despite Ankara’s simulation
policy, the Armenian expert still believes that it is necessary to
establish relations with Turkey.