TURKISH COMPANIES MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO INVEST IN ARMENIA: ARMEN AYVAZYAN

Tert.am
12.04.10

The Armenia-Turkey normalization initiated by the football diplomacy
has bought about sad consequences, Director of Ararat Centre for
Strategic Research Armen Ayvazyan told journalists at a press
conference today.

In his words Turkey had introduced pre-conditions before signing the
Protocols, which apparently have pre-conditions, one of which is the
creation of the committee of historians.

"In the turmoil of the ‘road map’ and the Protocols the Armenians
have subjected to unjustified concussions," said Ayvazyan, adding
that the Armenian political elite persistently does not want to see
the real roots of the Armenia-Turkey issue, i.e. Turkey is an enemy
country and the colonization and elimination of Armenia is one of
Ankara’s main strategic objectives.

"If we accept that Turkey is an enemy country, then we must not invite
the enemy to participate in the construction of the New Armenian
Nuclear Power Plant – a strategic facility for Armenia – or become
its shareholder, which the government announced last year," said he.

Ayvazyan thinks that we should not let the Turkish companies to invest
in Armenia as the Turks will obtain political leverages by investing
in Armenia’s economy.

Ayvazyan also thinks that Armenia has already made big concessions by
singing the Protocols. Turkey, in his words, will eventually ratify
them, but the point is that Ankara wants to exert maximum concessions
from Yerevan by delaying the ratification.