YEREVAN AND ANKARA HAVE NOT YET AGREED ON A JOINT ROUTE MAP
PanArmenian News
April 23 2009
Armenia
The available information on Armenian-Turkish agreement leads to the
thought that the joint statement made prior to Armenian Genocide 94th
anniversary commemoration pursued some ulterior motives, Strategic
Culture Foundation expert Andrey Areshev told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter.
According to Areshev, the statement probably aims to confirm normal
course of Armenian-Turkish talks, "however, it is also evident that all
disputable issues were finally resolved." "The United States’ haste to
welcome the statement also pursues certain ulterior motives. It is now
possible to definitely say that Barack Obama will not say the Genocide
word in his April 24 address, under the pretext that any abrupt steps
may impair the negotiation process," the Russian expert finds.
With regard to route map, Arishev does not think Yerevan and
Ankara have ever agreed on such document and had it approved on
highest levels. "That is indispensable in the process of complete
normalization of relations. A key question is to view normalization
of Turkish-Armenian ties and Karabakh conflict settlement as closely
related issues. Otherwise, it will be pointless to speak about any
progress," Andrey Arishev said.