TURKEY CLOSED BORDER AND SHOULD OPEN IT ITSELF: RPA
news.am
Jan 20 2010
Armenia
Turkish Parliament should ratify Armenia-Turkey Protocols first,
Head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) faction Galust Sahakyan
stated at Jan. 20 press conference. According to him, it is irrational
for Armenia to ratify the documents first, as it will not assist
border opening; "Turkey closed the border and should open it itself,"
he noted.
The MP is confident that despite the protraction of ratification
process, Ankara will eventually do so, otherwise international
community will take it as an unreliable partner which might entail
a number of serious problems.
According to Sahakyan, presently Turkey faces many problems, first of
all — Kurdish issue. However, the main reason for the ratification
protraction lies in Azerbaijan’s stance, which Ankara fears to lose.
Once documents are ratified, Yerevan will open entirely different
negotiation process on the Protocols’ provisions and creation of
intergovernmental commission, Sahakyan outlined.
The sub-commission will not discuss Armenian Genocide, but the cultural
heritage of Armenians on Turkey’s territory.