ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: INVOLVEMENT IN KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS IS TURKEY’S ONLY GOAL IN RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA

ArmInfo
2009-10-22 15:42:00

ArmInfo. Turkey pursued a distinct goal when initiating the process of
normalization of relations, Representative of the Armenian National
Congress Commission for External Relations Vladimir Karapetyan told
journalists.

According to him, despite the fact that Armenia was the first to start
this process, Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s visit to Armenia showed
that Turkey has serious goals. "It took me some time to understand
what goal Turkey pursues. And the only goal is to get involved in
the Karabakh peace process",- Karapetyan said. He added that Turkey
has been trying to do this for 16 years. "It failed to do this as
the arguments in Armenia were very strong, we used to say that this
country subjects Armenia to blockade, which is equal to hostility,
consequently, it cannot be a mediator",- Karapetyan said. He added
that earlier the Turkish public was not concerned with the Karabakh
problem, and they practically didn’t refer to it. "Today Turkey is an
equal mediator with official members of the OSCE Minsk Group official
members",- Karapetyan said. He pointed out that after signing of the
Protocols, Turkish official representatives mentioned the Karabakh
problem in the conversation with the US and Russian colleagues.

"Turkey has never been so deeply involved before, and its participation
will cause numerous problems, particularly, will increase the
pressure",- he stressed.