SUREN SURENYANTS: TURKEY WILL SOONER OR LATER RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.NET
11.09.2009 20:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will sooner or later recognize Armenian
Genocide, and that will be achieved through Armenian-Turkish dialogue,
Republic party’s board member Suren Surenyants told a news conference
in Yerevan. Expressing disagreement with certain Protocol clauses,
he particularly noted, "Some people say Protocols require Armenian
side to step back from Genocide recognition process. Such statements
are untrue."
With regard to Armenian-Turkish process being independent from Karabakh
settlement the speaker said that "Any process taking place in Armenia
will necessarily affect Karabakh issue."
If Turkey has ambitions for leadership, it mustn’t have unresolved
problems with other states. "See what happened to Russia. It lost
its dominating position in Caucasus following Russian-Georgian
conflict. Its influence on Caucasus diminishes by every day," he noted.
"Allegations that by signing Protocols Armenia recognizes Turkey’s
territorial integrity also sound absurd. If countries decided to
enter into diplomatic relations, they must recognize each other’s
territorial integrity," Surenyants said, adding that Armenia already
recognized Turkey’s territorial integrity when joining NATO and OSCE.