'OPENING OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDERS WILL BE A VERY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT'
Vartan Oskanian, RA Foreign Minister, didn’t confirm the information that RA President and Turkish Prime Minister are going to meet in Moscow or Warsaw. Vartan Oskanian stated in the press conference with Talvitie that Yerevan got no official suggestion for that and the Armenian side didn’t take such an initiative.
Oskanian emphasized that the Turkish press began actively write about such a meeting recently and "it’s hard to say whether that is the direct suggestion of the Turkish authorities, or the supposition of the Turkish journalists."
Yesterday, Turkish Foreign Minister said that his meeting with Kocharian is quite possible to take place. He added that but nothing concrete has been decided yet. "That is possible, but we haven’t envisaged anything yet.," Abdullah Gul said.
Heikki Talvitie emphasized that the Armenian –Turkish relation will have certain impact of the negotiations for Turkey’s membership to EU. He said that the exchange of letters between Kocharian and Erdogan as an initial stage of the Armenian-Turkish dialogue. He added that EU is ready to contribute to development of that dialogue.
On the other hand, Talvitie said that Armenia should be consequent in its efforts. He said that Yerevan should suggest a formula for improving the relations with Ankara. "The opening of the Armenian-Turkish borders will be a very positive development. I would like to call for the Armenian side to be more consequent," he said.
On April 10 Erdogan suggested Kocharian to create a group of historians to study the events and the developments of the past in the archives of Armenia, Turkey and a third country. Ra president said in reply that it would be better to establish natural relations between the two countries.
US President and German Chancellor backed Erdogan's proposal. What's the EU's position on Erdogan's proposal? Heikki Talvitie stated yesterday that EU does not have a clear stance on Turkey's proposal. On the other hand, he says, "if the sides unify their positions, we'll greet their decision".
Armenian foreign minister noted that the Armenian side perfectly understands what Turkey pursues by its proposal. Concerning Shroder's positive evaluation of the proposal, Oskanian said that the German Chancellor did so only after he learnt that Bundestag discussed the Genocide issues and recognized Germany's responsibility in the Genocide. Oskanian recalled Shroder saying, "a nation should have self-critical view on its history".
Oskanian opined that "European leaders think that by the proposal of creating a commission Turkey wants to open dark pages of its history but not argue about Genocide's historicity". "European leaders take it as an attempt to put up with history", Oskanian said.
During his Turkey visit a few days ago, Shroder stated, "We want to see Armenian-Turkish relations improved. Germany is ready to do everything in its power and will open its archives before historians". He also mentioned that the genocide issue will never be a precondition for Turkey's EU accession and "no referendum in any country will stymie Turkey's membership"
Referring to Turkish Anatolia agency, Mediamax informed that 2 separate commissions, one comprised of historians, the other of government representatives, may be set. Ankara considers that Russian, British and German colleagues may well join the works of the commission.
European Union special representative for the South Caucasus met yesterday President Robert Kocharian and NA speaker Artur Baghdasarian. They discussed Armenia-EU relations, Nagorno Karabakh regulation and Armenia-Turkey relations.
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