Ankara gains no profit from suspending the dialogue with YerevanAugust 25, 2009 - 17:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Suspension of the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation contradict to the interests of Turkey itself, Karen Bekaryan , chairman of the "European Integration" NGO told journalists in Yerevan. According to him, "If Turkey wants to become a regional power, it must understand that it will be impossible as long as it is in a bad relationship with its neighboring countries. Besides, Turkey faces today much more difficult problems than the issue of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, particularly the Cyprus problem, the Kurdish problem. All these issues affect its EU accession, " the Armenian expert said. In this context, according to Karen Bekaryan, Turkey implements a policy simulation not in respect to the Armenian-Turkish process, but rather to the process of European integration of the country. "Ankara is trying in every possible way to show the EU that it has made progress in several issues, and if at the moment this progress is not observed in Cyprus or the Kurdish processes, then it must be notable in the Armenian-Turkish relations," Karen Bekaryan said. Mr. Bekaryan stressed he fact that over the last years, the Turkish authorities have not taken any steps to help the Turkish society become more tolerant towards Armenia. Despite Ankara's simulation policy, the Armenian expert still believes that it is necessary to establish relations with Turkey. 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 | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |