TIGRAN SARGSYAN: WE’RE SERIOUS IN OUR INTENTION TO NORMALIZE TIES WITH TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2010 13:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian-American Chamber of Commerce, Foundation
for Political Research and US Embassy in Armenia organized a public
debate on Armenian-Turkish relations and cross-border regionalism.

"Opinions of Armenian society, as well as international and regional
communities are to be assessed in analyzing relations with Turkey,"
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in his remarks.

According to him, the speech President Sargsyan delivered at Chatham
House in London as well as the message he addressed to Turkish
President Abdullah Gul, prove the RA President’s resoluteness on
the issue.

"President Sargsyan opened a new page in the history of RA-Turkey
relations. New realities we’re currently facing have to be reckoned
with," PM Sargsyan said, adding that presidential statements completely
dispel suspicions of the whole process being just a political game.

"We’re serious in our intention to normalize ties without
preconditions. We have to show strong political will to make progress,
at the same time trying to remain on guard," Mr. Sargsyan emphasized.

"Armenia and Turkey are given a unique chance to normalize ties,
enjoying superpowers’ support in the issue," he concluded.