President Robert Kocharian responded to the Turkish prime minister’s letter
Yerkir
April 29, 2005
“Dear Mr. Prime minister. I received your letter. Indeed, as neighbors,
we should try to find ways for living in peace now and in the future.
Therefore, Yerevan suggested from the very beginning to establish
diplomatic relations, open the borders and start a dialogue between the
two countries and peoples. In the world, and in particular in Europe,
there are neighboring countries that have had difficult past to which
they hold different views, but it does not prevent them from having
open borders, normal relations, diplomatic links, representatives
in their respective capitals, and along side with all this, discuss
disputed problems.
Your proposal to review the past would not be useful if it does not
touch the present and the future. To engage in an effective dialogue,
we need to create a favorable political environment.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress