ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROCESS CAN’ BE SEEN THROUGH ROSE-COLORED GLASSES

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.04.2010 18:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian-Turkish process in recent months has
become very complicated within recent months, significantly more
complicated, Felix Stanevsky head of the Caucasus department at the
Institute for CIS countries told to PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

According to him, the normalization process of Armenian-Turkish
relations became complicated after the U.S. House Committee on Foreign
Affairs adopted the Armenian Genocide Resolution 252.

Referring to a possible tripartite meeting of Armenia – Obama –
Erdogan in Washington, Stanevsky said that one meeting cannot solve
the problem.

"After that meeting the Armenian-Turkish process may have a progress
and may not. In any case, the U.S. is interested in the progress, and
even if no progress is recorded they will pretend it is," Stanevsky
said, adding that the current situation in the Armenian-Turkish
relations cannot be seen through pink glasses. He said the planned
meeting is also associated with the 95th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.

The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation.

On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’ Organic Law.