ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER SHOULD OPEN REGARDLESS PROTOCOLS’ FATE: AGHVAN VARDANYAN

Tert.am
28.04.10

"I think we are currently having one main problem in our foreign
policy and one that is derivative to it," Aghvan Vardanyan, member
of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun, ARF-D), said
at a press conference today.

In his words the main issue on Armenia’s foreign policy agenda is
the Karabakh issue, while the necessary steps to be taken for the
opening of the Armenia-Turkey border are derivative to it.

"Naturally, the main one is the Karabakh issue; we should focus our
efforts on this direction, but I think also that Armenia should work
on strengthening the international pressure on Turkey over the opening
of the border as this is the only closed border in Europe, and it is
normal that there must not be any closed border without any Protocols,
without any document. Regardless the dead Protocols this topic,
I think, must remain on Armenia’s political agenda," said Vardanyan.

In reference to the Karabakh conflict settlement Vardanyan said that
Armenia is now far from speaking in a language of concessions as
it did previously. In his opinion it is the positive result of the
Armenia-Turkey normalization.

"From the willingness of making some concessions in what relates to
issues of national politics we have gradually reached a point of not
yielding in most important interests. I think that realization will
strike roots," said Vardanyan.