ARMENIA MAY IMPROVE TIES WITH TURKEY, IF AGREEMENTS OBSERVED
Itar-Tass
April 27 2010
Russia
YEREVAN, April 27 (Itar-Tass) — Armenia is ready to advance in
the improvement of relations with Turkey, if Ankara observes the
agreements reached between the countries, Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian said on the republican public television. "We are
ready to move forward, if Turkey turns in our partner again ready to
advance without preconditions, improve relations and to fulfill the
agreements," the minister noted. "It is Turkey to decide whether we
will be new or old partners," Nalbandian noted.
"We passed a certain way for improving the relations without
preconditions. From our point of view and from that of the
international community, this way is the only right one," the minister
recalled. "If Turkey makes again statements worthy of trust, undertakes
the deeds worthy of trust, there will be adequate steps on our side,"
Nalbandian reaffirmed.
The minister considers it unnecessary to enter again into the
negotiations with Turkey. "Armenia will never participate in the
process (of normalization with Turkey – Itar-Tass) for the sake of
the process and in the negotiations for the sake of negotiations,"
Nalbandian noted. "We launched this process, entered into the
negotiations, initialed and then signed the protocols, which are
pending ratification," the minister believes. But then "the process of
improving Armenian-Turkish relations was deadlocked, but the deadlock
was broken at the initiative of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,"
the Armenian foreign minister pointed out.