Miatsum: Armenia-Turkey protocols, surrender of 7 regions interrelated

PanARMENIAN.Net - Establishing diplomatic relations with Turkey, Armenia should understand that the countries, which have no relations, do experience a conflict, according to Zhirayr Sefilyan, leader of Miatsum initiative.



"Armenia and Turkey can't normalize relations as long as one of the countries' objectives is to destroy the other," he said adding that mediation of third countries in the process jeopardizes security in the South Caucasus," Sefilyan told a news conference on Thursday.



"Our main shortcoming is that people are not consolidated. The only advantage is that the border with Turkey is guarded by Armenian troops," he said.



He also emphasized that Armenia-Turkey protocols and Nagorno Karabakh process, specifically surrender of 7 regions to Azerbaijan are interrelated.



"Turkey has numerously stated that it will not open the border unless the Karabakh conflict is resolved," Sefilyan said.