RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZATION OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS

ArmInfo
2009-09-02 11:59:00

ArmInfo. Russian Foreign Ministry has positively conceived the
information about readiness of Armenia and Turkey to start the process
of internal consultations for signing ‘Protocol on the establishment
of diplomatic relations’ and ‘Protocol on the development of bilateral
relations’, press-service of Russian Foreign Ministry says commenting
on the event. ‘Armenia and Turkey are our friendly countries. We
conceive the movement towards normalization of relations between
them as a logical and expected process. We shall be happy if the
consultations, which are the interior affair of these countries,
will result in substantive arrangements.

The preliminary analysis of the draft protocols as well as the elements
and schedule of their fulfillment shows how seriously these problems
were discussed, and resolute are Yerevan and Ankara to go their part
of the way.

We would like to note that no step envisaged in these documents may be
interpreted as damaging any third party. The serious mutual efforts
taken by the leadership of Armenia and Turkey over the last period
of time for rapprochement of the two countries create a real chance
to change the created disadvantage and to transfer the links frozen
for a long period of time into a new constructive plane. We hope
that improvement o f relations between the two neighbours will lead
to revitalization of the bilateral trade and economic contacts and
will positively affect social and economical situation in both states,
which is not less important in the conditions of the global financial
crisis. The Russian official representatives were always calling
Armenian and Turkish partners to strive to settle the disagreements
between them just in this pragmatic way. It is important to further
continue developing in the way which will lead to establishment
of good-neighbourly relations between Armenia and Turkey, which
will impartially promote recovery of the situation in the region,
strengthening of peace and security’,- the ministry comments.
From: Baghdasarian