GALUST SAHAKYAN: TURKEY LOOKING FOR PRETEXT TO OPEN BORDER WITH ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 15, 2010 – 15:21 AMT 10:21 GMT

Head of the Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary group said
that currently the process of the Karabakh conflict settlement
goes on calmly enough, while Azerbaijan uses warlike statements and
speculations as a method of work.

At the same time, Mr. Galust Sahakyan emphasized that the clamor
raised by the Azerbaijani leadership is meant for the Azeri public.

Referring to the Armenian-Turkish normalization, he noted that
after the Armenian President’s visit to Washington the international
community will make new conclusions in Armenia’s favor.

"There is certain progress, since the Azerbaijani President admitted
that the Armenian-Turkish process refers to Armenia and Turkey only,"
he said, adding that in his opinion the Armenian-Turkish border
will open.

As for the initiative of Mevlut Cavusoglu on resumption of the activity
of PACE subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh, Mr. Sahakyan assessed it
as a naive coquetry, which doesn’t need any reaction.

"Naturally, Turkey is still trying to poke its nose into the Karabakh
conflict. Meanwhile, statements that the border will be opened only
if Armenia returns Aghdam and Fizuli to Azerbaijan clearly indicate
that the Ankara needs a pretext to open the border," the Armenian PM
noted, adding that Armenia will never make concessions in Karabakh
process for the sake of opening of the Armenian-Turkish border.