BABACAN'S ADDRESS TO RA FOREIGN MINISTER WAS AS WARM AS TURKISH PRESIDENT'S TO SERGE SARKISIAN
On the occasion of victory on the presidential elections of February 19 Serge Sarkisian was congratulated by the presidents of France, Russia and Georgia, as well as president of Turkey Abdullah Gul.
On April 15 the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to France Edward Nalbandian was dismissed from his office and appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by the presidential decree. On April 19 Mr. Nalbandian was congratulated by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Iran, Greece and Turkey.
A day after Foreign Minister of Turkey Babacan congratulated Edward Nalbandian, the Turkish pTV, referring to the Armenian, reported the words of the Minister, "I am sure Your diplomatic experience shall be useful for Your country and that we shall be able to establish necessary dialogue in order to reach the desirable goals"
On the same day, April 20, the Turkish press, following the example of the television, represented Nalbandian's welcome speech as a message addressed to Turkey. "Radikal" newspaper wrote, "Armenia, which had refused to create a joint scientific commission in connection to study the 1915 events, offered Turkey an olive branch by electing Serge Sarkisian a president. The newly appointed Foreign Minister of Armenia expressed willingness to start dialogue with turkey without preconditions in order to normalize the relations. Although the Minister repeated the official doctrine of Yerevan about 1915 events, he said he advocates forgetting that dark pages of the past and forging our future security. Stressing the strategic importance of the Southern Caucasian region, Nalbandian noted that normalizing the relations between the states of the region and settling all the controversies shall benefit all of them."
In general, the address of the Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan to the newly appointed Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian was rather warm, as well as the message of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Serge Sarkisian. The Turkish press has also been more cautious when commenting on Armenia since then. Evidently it is caused by official Ankara's approach to the Armenian issue from the national point of view, and the Turkish press has always been loyal to the authorities.
It is worth mentioning, that the friendly messages of Gul and Babacan imply neither global revision on Turkey's policy on Armenia nor concessions in preconditions. Nevertheless it is possible that the publication of the messages in the Turkish press will a little improve the social opinion about Armenia in Turkey.
- By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M.
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