SUPERPOWERS ARE HELPING TURKEY?

"A1+"
29/04/10

"How can Turkey be an intermediary and try to match the positions
when it is clearly pressuring one side and trying to solve the issue
in the interests of the other?" secretary of "Bargavach Hayastan"
(Prosperous Armenia) party Aram Safaryan told "A1+" today. Let us
remind that the Turkish president of the PACE has expressed the desire
to head the PACE commission on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

According to Safaryan, in order to be an intermediary, Turkey must
view both sides from equal positions and not declare that Azerbaijan
is its small brother, that they are two states for one nation and
"at least pretend that it understands Armenia’s position, but it is
not even going through the trouble to pretend."

Aram Safaryan also sees a serious challenge. "The international
community is giving an inadequate response to Turkey’s growing
interest toward the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenia must make
more efforts."

"This is the effect of Turkey’s advocacy and diplomacy and there
is no other evaluation of Chavushogli’s activities than Turkey’s
ruling party’s attempts to enter the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process
through the political elite’s most amazing and unexpected ways,"
said the deputy.

Safaryan suggests holding consultations, round-table discussions and
decide what to do.

"What if the pressures and influence gets stronger? What will be our
specific ways of counter-influence, if Turkey has received support
from superpowers for pressure and active working style? I can’t answer
that question."

"We must have a position that is honest and comprehensible for the
international community. We must be able to explain our national
interest in a normal language and that’s how we will reach
comprehension," the chairman of the party continued.

Deputy of "Heritage" faction Armen Martirosyan took note of PACE
President David Harutyunyan’s flaw in the possible creation of a
commission in the PACE.

"Armenia didn’t feel that trap in the beginning and was positive
toward the creation of that commission. Our delegation and David
Harutyunyan are currently trying to fight against the creation of
such a commission. If the decision is taken to create the commission,
I think we should do everything possible to make sure it is not headed
by Chavushoglu, but somebody neutral. Turkey already got the right
to play an active role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution
through the Turkey-Armenia Protocols and by the consent of Armenia’s
authorities," Martirosyan told "A1+".