ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FUSS

Lragir.am
09/02/10

The former NKR foreign minister Arman Melikyan, dwelling on the
Armenian and Turkish process, assessed it as a fuss. Armenia has
the problem of an adequate policy. Our positions keep weakening in
the parallel processes – the Armenian and Turkish process and the
Karabakh process. When the Armenian and Turkish process was initiated,
Armenia did not have any idea on its continuation which brought about
the activation of the Karabakh issue. If the relations between both
countries were neutral, in case the process fails, they will become
hostile as a result Turkey will activate its anti-Armenian actions
in the region, says Arman Melikyan.

"I would like to recall that just 10 years ago, millions of Armenians
lives in the territory from Constantinople to Baku. Now only a small
wedge is inhabited by Armenians. And this is because there was no
political thinking. It is time to become sober. People who claim that
they took the responsibility, I think, are not ready for it. Armenia
began a process that is not directed at resolving the relationship,
but is an attempt to assault, because of which in the near future,
we will lose the chance to normalize relations’, said Arman Melikyan.

The former minister believes that there are several scenarios. Direct
Armenian-Turkish talks are also possible. Armenia can succeed only by
changing its geopolitical containment-to repress the Turkish world. If
the U.S. continues to exert pressure on Turkey, a Russian-Turkish
alliance would be likely. The consequence will be the loss of Artsakh,
said Arman Melikyan.

He considered as high the probability of a war in the Karabakh conflict
zone. ‘We have to be ready at any moment to resume hostilities. The
probability though is not higher than 5 years ago, but even then it
was quite high’, said Arman Melikyan.