YEREVAN HOLDS INITIATIVE IN ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS:EDUARD SHARMAZANOV

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Feb 23 2010
Armenia

Yerevan holds the initiative in Armenia-Turkey relations and recent
events strikingly prove this, Republican Party faction Secretary
Eduard Sharmazanov said in the RA Parliament on Feb.

23, speaking of recent message to RA President Serzh Sargsyan by his
Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Sargsyan’s speech in Chatham
House.

"RA President’s statement was an alert to international community
and Turkey that Ankara’s actions should suit to the word. Serzh
Sargsyan’s speech in London was the one of a regional leader, aimed
at protection of Armenians and Armenia’s interests," Sharmazanov
declared. He restated Republican Party’s stance that Armenia should
ratify the Protocols only after Turkey does.

Touching upon Karabakh issue, Sharmazanov advised Azerbaijani
authorities to come to their senses and realize that "rather the
world will turn tits up, than Nagorno-Karabakh will become a part
of Azerbaijan."