ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES CHOOSE THE WORST OPTION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, EX-FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA THINKS

ArmInfo
2010-05-03 16:37:00

ArmInfo. Out is about ten possible options of Armenian-Turkish process
development the one chosen by the Armenian authorities is the worst,
ex-foreign minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan said in an interview
with "Yerkir media" TV channel.

He thinks that in the created situation it would be more correct
not to take anything, as in that case pressure would be imposed upon
Turkey. ‘But to choose an option which is practically equal to having
done nothing, but at the same time it was officially announced about
freezing of the process, means that at present Turkey was given a free
hand’, – Oskanyan said and added that over the past 18 months Armenia
did not manage to fulfill the tasks put against it, but Turkey managed
to reach implementation of the two out of the three pre-conditions put
forward and is working for implementation of the third one. ‘Having
reached nothing, we gave Turkey what it wanted: the tension in the
relations between Armenia and Diaspora appeared and the society of the
country has been separated in this matter. Moreover, I think we already
have negative tendencies in the Karabakh issue. There is a document
on the negotiating table which is not beneficial to us. It is for the
first time that Azerbaijan says it does not accept the content of this
document. The main reason of all this is the Armenian-Turkish dialogue
and involvement of Turkey in this (Karabakh) process’, – Oskanyan said.

At the same time Oskanyan is sure that the criteria and imagination
of the world community about the Karabakh conflict and the
Armenian-Turkish process are not in line with the interests of
Armenia. ‘For this reason, this is a very dangerous tendency when the
authorities present the world community welcoming the policy conducted
by us. This will lead us to nothing good’, – Oskanyan concluded.