Armenia's Refusal from Demands to Acknowledge Genocide by Turkey Will Not Change AnythingJanuary 9, 2007 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The issue to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide does not hinder the establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations, said Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to a press conference in Yerevan. In his words, Armenia's refusal from demands to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide by Turkey will not change anything. "The main obstacle for normalizing the relations with Turkey and opening the borders is the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and not the Armenian Genocide," Oskanian stressed. As to a possible adoption of a resolution on the Genocide in US Congress, the RA Foreign Minister, responding to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist question, stated," Let's hope, the time will show." The foreign minister also stressed that Turkey puts forward a number of preconditions in front of Armenia, whereas Yerevan is ready for dialog without preconditions. "Armenia repeatedly offered to discuss the issue between the states and solve the disagreements. But Turkey with Azerbaijan continues the policy of isolating Armenia from regional projects by non-constructive ways. Basically the Armenian-Turkish relations are restricted with meetings in international organizations like UNESCO, EU and the like." Oskanian stressed. He also underlined that Turkey continues to discuss the Armenian Genocide issue both on political and public levels. "The problem reached its high point when France adopted the bill of criminal punishment for denying the Armenian Genocide," Oskanian said. He also underscored that basically the Armenian-Turkish relations are of non-governmental character. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |