GALUST SAHAKYAN: TURKEY HAS BLOODY HISTORY

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.03.2010 15:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s relations with the other countries can
be assessed as positive but we still have a great deal of work to do,
according to Galust Sahakyan, the head of RPA parliamentary group.

"Armenian people should first of all get rid of the fear syndrome.

Turkish Prime Minister’s threat to expel 100 thousand illegal
Armenian immigrants from the country aroused a wave of indignation
and the Armenian leadership gave a worthy response," Mr. Sahakyan
told reporters in Yerevan.

"Turkey has bloody history. Acknowledging the Armenian Genocide,
Ankara will wash away the blood," he emphasized.

Mr. Sahakyan also said that normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations is by no means linked to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
resolution. "Armenia will never agree to haggle. Establishment of
diplomatic relations has nothing to do with any other process,"
he said.

Asked whether he believes that US President will use the term Genocide
in his April 24 address, he said, "This is a commemoration day and
we should not focus on what Barack Obama would say. Anyway, he will
not betray his country’s interests."

As to Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Mr. Sahakyan said it should be
resolved by one package. At that, he emphasized that Karabakh will
never be a part of Azerbaijan.