Kiro Manoyan: Karabakh Should Be A Full Party To The Talks

KIRO MANOYAN: KARABAKH SHOULD BE A FULL PARTY TO THE TALKS

armradio.am
09.12.2008 17:30

If Turkey wishes to increase its influence and role in the region,
it should improve the relations with Armenia, Head of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs
Office Kiro Manoyan told a press conference today. According to him,
the dialogue between the two countries that started after the visit of
the Turkish President to Armenia was suspended because Turkey continued
insisting on its preconditions for opening of the Armenian-Turkish
border. Besides, Turks continue questioning the fact of the Armenian
Genocide.

Turning to the activity of the Armenian lobbyist organizations, Kiro
Manoyan noted that thanks to them the Armenian Genocide is already
a fact accepted by the international community. According to him,
today the task of the Armenian diplomats is not to allow the term
"genocide" be replaced by another world in world media. Kiro Manoyan
added that the end to the lobbyist activity will be the recognition
of the fact of genocide by Turkey.

Clarifying the position of ARF Dashnaktsutyun on the Nagorno Karabakh
issue, Kiro Manoyan noted that "any concession should be reciprocal
and simultaneous" and the status of Karabakh should be determined
from the very beginning. Besides, the issues of return of Armenian
lands beyond NKR borders and the return of Armenian refuge es should
be raised. "At last, Karabakh should be a full party to the talks,"
Kiro Manoyan concluded.