HAYKAZUN ALVRTSYAN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH NORMALIZATION CAUSES HARM TO JAVAHK

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.10.2009 17:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It looks as first sight that Armenian-Turkish
rapprochement will not in any way affect Javahk, Haykazun Alvrtsyan
Head of the Western Armenians’ Center, told a news conference in
Yerevan. Bilateral ties normalization, he said, will affect the
region in both political-military and economic terms. "Ratification
of Armenian-Turkish Protocols imposes on both countries obligations
in front of other states in region," Alvrtsyan noted.

Besides, he said that by opening border Armenian authorities will lose
control of Javahk, and the Armenian populated region of Georgia will
no longer enjoy Armenia’s support in international tribunals. "That
will also be a moral-psychological blow to Armenians of Javahk,"
Alvrtsyan said.

With regard to Armenian authorities’ interest in the settlement
of the problem of Javahk, he said, "Issues related to Javakh were
never included in Armenian Parliament’s agenda." Besides, Georgian
authorities always reacted to Javahk-Armenians’ statements and always
tried to avert any process contradicting their interests. Alvrtsyan
said.