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Serzh Sargsyan: No 100% Guarantee For RA-Turkish Rapprochement To Su

SERZH SARGSYAN: NO 100% GUARANTEE FOR RA-TURKISH RAPPROCHEMENT TO SUCCEED

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.09.2009 12:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Yerevan’s initiative to invite Turkish president
to Armenia and start negotiations for establishment of diplomatic
relation and opening borders with Turkey is not a pre-planned program
but an attempt to create an acceptable atmosphere, enabling a dialogue
between neighboring countries," RA President Serzh Sargsyan said in
an interview with Vesti TV channel.

"In the past, there were some unsuccessful attempts at normalizing
relations both on Turkey’s and Armenia’s side. Even now there’s
no 100% guarantee for RA-Turkish rapprochement to succeed," the
President stated. According to Serzh Sargsyan, both in Armenia and
Turkey there are some forces wishing to wreck the process. "Some third
parties also have such forces. Yet, as opposed to previous attempts
at rapprochement, current one is based on openness and publicity,"
he emphasized.

There’s a lot of mistrust and enmity between Armenian and
Turkish societies, resulting from Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Empire. Normalization of ties requires political will of RA and
Turkish authorities, as well as people’s involvement in the process.

Serzh Sargsyan reminded that by the initial agreement between Yerevan
and Ankara, no preconditions should have been set.

"I believe, Armenian Genocide recognition can’t be a precondition
for RA-Turkish rapprochement. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have started the
process. Should negotiations be successful, leading to establishment
of relations and opening of borders, we’ll gain more support. If RA
and Turkey fail to agree, more criticism will follow. Still, whatever
I do, I do it with assurance, working in accord with my team," RA
President stated.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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