ARCHBISHOP CHOLOYAN: NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS IS ALL-ARMENIAN ISSUE

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.10.2009 20:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Normalization of the Armenia-Turkey relations is
an All-Armenian issue, Archbishop Oshakan Choloyan, the Primate
of the Eastern Diocese of the U.S. of the Great House of Cilicia
said. He praised highly the initiative of the Armenian President to
meet with representatives of Diaspora and hear their views on the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols. Archbishop Choloyan characterized as
natural the reaction of Armenian communities, being concerned over
the future of Armenia.

""It’s positive that Serge Sargsyan is trying to settle relations
between countries, but it shouldn’t be at the cost of the Armenian
Genocide," Oshakan Choloyan said. This will be the first document in
the history to be signed between Turkey and Armenia, he said. Prior to
that, the Armenian side had not participated in negotiation processes,
and then the countries signed a document, the Treaty of Kars, which
was signed by Turkey and Russia. As Archbishop Choloyan noticed,
the president’s visit to the Armenian communities is another reason
to carefully discuss the Armenian-Turkish Protocols.