Ankara engaged in political advertisement, Ara Papian saysNovember 25, 2008 - 16:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia needs diplomatic relations with Turkey, but Turkey needs them more, leader of Modus Vivendi center, historian and diplomat Ara Papian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Ankara engaged in political advertisement and Yerevan helps this process, according to him. Yesterday, during a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Turkish FM Ali Babacan said Ankara could send an envoy to Yerevan without establishment of diplomatic relations in exchange for Armenia's consent to form a commission of historians to study the fact of the Armenian Genocide. "It will be nothing but appointment of an ambassador at large. Armenia has a representative in the BSEC, who can also be named an ambassador at large," Mr. Papian said. "Establishment of diplomatic relations is a means of communication. At that, Armenia favors Turkey's ambitions in the region, for some reason." "Formation of a commission of historians to study the fact of the Armenian Genocide is a condition Armenia can never accept. Consent will mean that Armenia questions this historical fact. Yes, it will be good to have an open border between Armenia and Turkey but we must never forget that it was Turkey, who closed the border," Mr. Papian said. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |