Erdogan says Turkey wants to keep talks despite Armenia’s stance

armradio.am
01.05.2010 13:30

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said his country
maintained its willingness to settle problems with Armenia, despite
the coalition government in Yerevan has decided to suspend the
ratification process of two protocols the two countries had signed to
normalize relations and restore diplomatic ties, Anadolu Agency
reports.

"We have kept our positive stance and remained loyal to the word and
the spirit of the protocols from the very beginning and we will
continue to do so," Erdogan told a televised address to the nation.

Erdogan reiterated Turkey’s proposal to leave the Armenian Genocide
issue to historians, criticizing "third parties of trying to forge
domestic political clout."

A U.S. House panel and the Swedish parliament have earlier approved
two separate bills that affirmed the Armenian Genocide.

"Turkey is very much disturbed from such insincere attitude of
countries which we see as our friends, whoever they might be," Erdogan
said.