AMENIA-TURKEY: THE PARTY PROPOSING PRECONDITIONS SHOULD BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSEQUENCES

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.12.2009 19:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan received Friday the
Turkish journalists who carrying out a visit to Yerevan. Welcoming the
guests, Armenia’s top diplomat said the visit was a good occasion for
Turkish media and society to get familiarized with Yerevan’s approach
to various issues.

Answering Turkish journalists’ questions, FM Nalbandyan ruled out
the possibility of any linkage between Karabakh conflict settlement
and Armenian-Turkish reconciliation.

At that, he noted that Armenian-Turkish dialogue started with
the mutual understanding of the fact that any preconditions to
normalization of ties would imply a stalemate in the process. "The
party proposing preconditions should bear responsibility for the
consequences," Foreign Minister said, RA MFA press service reported.