TURKEY VIOLATED KARS TREATY

Aysor
Sept 2 2009
Armenia

Armen Maruqyan, Ts., Senior researcher, Ph. D. of the Institute of
History of the RA National Academy of Science (NAS), Department of
Armenian Cause and Armenian Genocide, touched upon the developments
of the bilateral relations between Armenian and Turkish Republics.

He mentioned that when they speak about the policy without
preconditions we remember only the Artsakh issue forgetting about
the Genocide.

"The conditions that exist are still valid, no any Turkish official
has said that Turkey refuses the preconditions. If they remain valid
what else can be said. The Armenian side was to make Turkey to refuse
its previous preconditions", – said the speaker.

Coming up to the opening the boarders he mentioned that when the
European hears about the opening of the boarders he thinks that the
boarders are closed by the two sides while it is Turkey that has
closed the boarders.

"They should speak about the unblockading the boarder. If we do not
do that we appear in the same status with Turkey", – assured Maruqyan.

As for Turkey’s regional integrity, according to the speaker, it will
seriously harm the abolishment of the after-effects of the Genocide as
not only the financial aspects should be taken under consideration:
"The problem is in the historical fatherland: if we recognize the
regional integrity of Turkey we put a cross over our historical
fatherland."

As for the Kars treaty the speaker said that we can even put demands
in front of as Turkey it has violated the treaty by keeping Armenia
in a blockade.

Maruqyan suggested internationally annulling the Kars treaty as it
has been violated by Turkey itself.