HAYK DEMOYAN: FROM NOW ON IN THE RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA TURKEY IS MAKING TWO STEPS FORWARD AND JUST ONE STEP BACK
ArmInfo
2009-09-07 14:53:00
ArmInfo. From now on in the relations with Armenia Turkey is making
two steps forward and just one step back, Director of Armenian
Genocide-Museum Hayk Demoyan told media.
"Before August 31 we had dealt with the Turkish policy that might be
characterized as a step forward and two back, now the situation has
changed and even a step back by Turkey is imitated in order to calm
down the fraternal Azerbaijan," he said.
The historian believes that after August 31 the Armenian-Turkish
process has moved forward. Earlier it was almost frozen, which made it
possible to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to make two ultimatums
to Ankara.
On August 31 the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey agreed
to start their internal political consultations on the two protocols –
the "Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations" and the
"Protocol on the development of bilateral relations" – which have been
initiated in the course of their efforts under Swiss mediation. The
political consultations will be completed within six weeks, following
which the two Protocols will be signed and submitted to the respective
Parliaments for the ratification on each side.