NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SIGN SUCH A DOCUMENT
vardan-oskanyan
08:18 pm | September 22, 2009
Politics
"I would never sign such a document and I assure you that I don’t
envy the person who will soon sign it," former RA Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan said today.
According to him, the documents go against Armenia’s national
interests.
"We are completely giving up our historical rights and are eliminating
even the formal possibility of restoring historical justice."
Oskanyan took note of the fact that the pre-signed protocols allow
the Turks to get what they have wanted for the past 17 years.
"I feel that we are at a loss," said Oskanyan, adding that the opening
of the border will first and foremost benefit Turkey. He especially
considered the proposition to recognize borders as unacceptable and
informed that although there are many countries that have recognized
each other’s territorial integrity, that doesn’t mean recognition of
current borders.
Vardan Oskanyan recalled that Armenia hasn’t even recognized the
borders with brother Georgia. "We respect Georgia’s territorial
integrity, but there is still demarcation of borders. Azerbaijan
and Georgia haven’t recognized their borders, but they are in good
relations.
Oskanyan sees a real danger in the creation of a Turkish-Armenian
commission of historians and informs that Turkey is already discussing
the issue of addressing countries that have recognized the Armenian
Genocide with the demand to change their decision after the
ratification by both parliaments.
Vardan Oskanyan said that another danger concerned tying the Karabakh
conflict with the Turkish-Armenian relations. According to Oskanyan,
Turkey is the first to benefit from the opening of the Turkish-Armenian
border and improvement of relations, but Turkey is doing that on
the account of Armenia. "No Armenian has the right to sign such a
document," said Oskanyan.
Oskanyan is amazed to hear the statements that Armenia has no prospects
for development without the opening of the border. He finds that the
obstacle for Armenia’s development is lack of democracy. He called
on the rise of the people and even expressed willingness to lead it.