ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS DISCUSSED IN RA NAS

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.09.2009 14:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Academy of Sciences (RA NAS) hosted a
hearing on the Armenian-Turkish relations. Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian and Education Minister Armen Ashotyan were invited as
guest speakers.

Director of the RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor
Ruben Safrastyan, academicians Gevorg Brutyan and Vilen Hakobyan,
historians Babken Harutyunyan, Ashot Melkonyan and Alexander Manasyan
gave reports.

In his speech, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian emphasized that
retreat from the principle of "normalization of relations without
preconditions" can jeopardize the entire negotiation process.