MIATSUM: ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS, SURRENDER OF 7 REGIONS INTERRELATED
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.10.2009 14:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Establishing diplomatic relations with Turkey,
Armenia should understand that the countries, which have no relations,
do experience a conflict, according to Zhirayr Sefilyan, leader of
Miatsum initiative.
"Armenia and Turkey can’t normalize relations as long as one of the
countries’ objectives is to destroy the other," he said adding that
mediation of third countries in the process jeopardizes security in
the South Caucasus," Sefilyan told a news conference on Thursday.
"Our main shortcoming is that people are not consolidated. The only
advantage is that the border with Turkey is guarded by Armenian
troops," he said.
He also emphasized that Armenia-Turkey protocols and Nagorno Karabakh
process, specifically surrender of 7 regions to Azerbaijan are
interrelated.
"Turkey has numerously stated that it will not open the border unless
the Karabakh conflict is resolved," Sefilyan said.