ARF: VISIT OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO TURKEY NOT JUSTIFIED
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.10.2009 18:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "There are no enough prerequisites for RA President
Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Turkey, since after signing the protocols
in Zurich, the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that the
Turkish side will not open the border until the Nagorno-Karabakh issue
is not solved, " Vahan Hovhannisyan , head of the ARF parliamentary
faction said.
According to Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian President had to declare
that he would not go to Turkey, since the border is not open and the
sides are not even close to the opening of the border.
Speaking about the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols in Zurich,
Vahan Hovhannisyan stressed that the process of normalization of
relations between Armenia and Turkey has been artificially accelerated,
preventing the Armenian side from maneuvering.
When asked by reporters what steps should take the Armenian side, if
borders open or normalization process suspends, Vahan Hovhannisyan
answered that in the first case, the Armenian leadership should
immediately implement the personnel changes in the management systems
and undertake legislative reforms to make Armenia’s economy more
competitive. In the case of suspension of the normalization process
of relations with Turkey, these reforms should be implemented, as
well as measures to implement in the shortest terms programs of the
Iran-Armenia railway construction.