NORMALIZATION OF TIES WITH TURKEY MUST BE BASED SOLELY ON PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL RIGHTS
PanArmenian News
April 22 2009
Armenia
"Normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties should not be determined by
third parties’ interests," "Armenian-Turkish relations: Development
Perspectives" conference participants said. In the document adopted
after the conference, the participants express concern that Armenia
may find itself unprepared for the challenges that might be imposed on
it during negotiations. The speedy developments require concretization
of positions on all issues and elaboration of relevant countermeasures
neutralizing possible threats.
According conference participants, normalization of ties with Turkey
should stipulate for equal rights principles and no-preconditions
policy, such preconditions might pose a threat to physical and moral
security of the Armenians and insult their national dignity and
historical memory.
The conference activists find that the process of establishing
intergovernmental relations requires adherence to 5 principles,
including absence of preconditions (questioning the fact of the
Armenian Genocide), Armenia’s unilateral obligations, interests for
third parties and prospects for Karabakh settlement process.