HARUTYUN ARAKELYAN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS NEED TO MOVE TO THE LEGAL LEVEL
Karen Ghazaryan

"Radiolur"
12.04.2010 17:59

The Armenian-Turkish relations need to move from the political to
the legal level, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Armenia
Harutyun Arakelyan told a press conference today.

"The Republic of Armenia is obliged to be guided by international
norms and solve the problems with neighbor states on the arena of
international law," Harutyun Arakelyan declared. "The Republic
of Armenia should apply to international courts on the facts of
the genocide of Armenians perpetrated by the Ottoman Government in
1915-1923, the ethnic cleansings in Azerbaijan between 1988 and 1994,
robbery and forced displacement of Armenians," he said.

"Armenia must cooperate more actively with international courts
functioning under the UN aegis," Arakelyan said, adding that this
would provide Armenia with an opportunity to solve the regional
conflicts on the basis of international law.