NO DOCUMENT MAY GUARANTEE STABILITY OF ARMENIAN -TURKISH RELATIONS, EXPERT SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net – Even if an ideal agreement is signed between Armenia
and Turkey, it would not be able to guarantee stability of relations
between these two countries, according to Artak Shakaryan, PhD in
Ottoman studies.
“It is not because of the good will of Turkey not to attack Armenia
today but thanks to relatively stable domestic situation inside
Armenia and presence of Russian military base in the country,” the
Armenian expert told a press conference in Yerevan.
In this context, he pointed to the present Turkish-Syrian relations,
noting that their aggravation proves that in case of possibility to
enhance its borders nothing will stop Ankara, adding that Turkey and
Syria had always been known to have rather close relations within
many years,” he said.
The Armenian expert also stressed that Armenian-Turkish relations
are not presently a priority issue for Turkey. He thinks that if
international community does not press on Ankara in this issue, it
may treat it only in 2014, at the threshold of the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.