LEADER OF NEW TIMES BELIEVES THAT ARMENIA MUST IMPOSE PRECONDITIONS, NOT TURKEY

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.09.2009 19:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Along with the normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations, the Armenian authorities to bring the country to a very
complicated and hard phase of the political realities," Aram Karapetyan
, the leader of the New Times political party told a press conference
today in Yerevan.

According to Mr. Karapetyan, in this process Turkey and Azerbaijan
are playing a joint game, and ultimately, the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border will be conditioned by the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh problem. "Although the Armenian leadership assure that
the protocol has nothing about Nagorno Karabakh, but that precondition
is imposed, as evidenced by numerous statements of senior Turkish
officials," he said.

Mr. Karapetyan also stressed that in the process of normalizing
relations between Armenia and Turkey, Armenia must impose
preconditions, not Turkey. "It is surprising that Armenia is not
putting the precondition to recognize the Armenian Genocide by
the Turkish side before holding talks over the opening of borders,
since one and half million Armenians were annihilated by Turkey,"
Aram Karapetyan said.

Aram Karapetyan believes that before Armenia and Turkey normalize
relations, Armenia should put two preconditions against the Turkish
side: to recognize the Armenian Genocide and do not condition opening
of borders by the Nagorno Karabakh problem.