We are not playing any games with Turkey: Hurriyet
15:07 / 12/19/2009
“We very much hope the Turkish Parliament will not take a step that would mean a miscarriage of the agreements. If this happens, our parliament would [essentially declare] the Protocols to be null and void. We would be back to square one,” RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan told Turkish Hurriyet daily in an interview in Yerevan last week.
“Our position has not changed. Judging from Prime Minister Erdogan’s statements, it seems that the Turkish position has shifted, which means that the Turkish Parliament may propose certain preconditions. If Turkey comes up with preconditions, Armenia would be free to do so as well itself. We are not playing any games with Turkey, we are committed to an open and transparent foreign policy, we do not make different statements to others and we do not see an alternative to this process,” the daily quotes RA Premier.
Asked about the deadline for the Protocols’ ratification, Sargsyan refrained from giving an precise timeframe, stating: “Turkey not to stall the process artificially. Our clear deadline is the Turkish legislation. We are closely following this process. If we observe that the Turkish Parliament is not stalling the process, we will make our own conclusions,” the source reads.
Speaking of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sargsyan said “The pace of the negotiations depended on Baku,” while criticizing Azerbaijani authorities for making ‘war calls’, outlined: “We have to be ready for war as history taught us. The best way to prevent war is to be ready for it. If there is any time that Azerbaijanis feel that we are not ready for war, nothing will stop them from breaking the peace, which is why we are not afraid,” the source reports.
Touching upon Turkey’s role in the resolution of the Karabakh issue, reckoning “it cannot be neutral”, Sargsyan also made a point of the risks of linking Turkish-Armenian reconciliation with Karabakh peace process. “The first is that it will not contribute in any way to the resolution of the Karabakh issue, on the contrary, it will impede it since Turkey is not neutral. Secondly it will impede with the development of our relations, which is neither in Turkey’s nor our interest. The third dimension is that Erdogan was pretty tough this time (probably Sargsyan implies Erdogan’s statement made in Washington, NEWS.am's note). The impression is that he might have wanted to create equilibrium between the acknowledgements of no preconditions in the protocols,” Hurriyet says.
The source quotes RA Premier, as saying: “The alleged genocide is an essential point for Armenians and the government, but said Armenian people should overcome their complex toward the Turkish people. I have even stated that in our parliament. The attitude of our people toward Turks and Turkey needs to change, however difficult that may be. Our foreign policy should not be anti-Turkish. It should be pro-Armenian. We need to be able to change the attitude of our nation. In my opinion, the eventual recognition of the genocide will help Turkish society break through. This is the road to becoming a full-fledged member of the European Union. Its psychological complex must be overcome. The Germans succeeded in overcoming their complex, helping their society to unprecedented social and economic development.”
“Our position has not changed. Judging from Prime Minister Erdogan’s statements, it seems that the Turkish position has shifted, which means that the Turkish Parliament may propose certain preconditions. If Turkey comes up with preconditions, Armenia would be free to do so as well itself. We are not playing any games with Turkey, we are committed to an open and transparent foreign policy, we do not make different statements to others and we do not see an alternative to this process,” the daily quotes RA Premier.
Asked about the deadline for the Protocols’ ratification, Sargsyan refrained from giving an precise timeframe, stating: “Turkey not to stall the process artificially. Our clear deadline is the Turkish legislation. We are closely following this process. If we observe that the Turkish Parliament is not stalling the process, we will make our own conclusions,” the source reads.
Speaking of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sargsyan said “The pace of the negotiations depended on Baku,” while criticizing Azerbaijani authorities for making ‘war calls’, outlined: “We have to be ready for war as history taught us. The best way to prevent war is to be ready for it. If there is any time that Azerbaijanis feel that we are not ready for war, nothing will stop them from breaking the peace, which is why we are not afraid,” the source reports.
Touching upon Turkey’s role in the resolution of the Karabakh issue, reckoning “it cannot be neutral”, Sargsyan also made a point of the risks of linking Turkish-Armenian reconciliation with Karabakh peace process. “The first is that it will not contribute in any way to the resolution of the Karabakh issue, on the contrary, it will impede it since Turkey is not neutral. Secondly it will impede with the development of our relations, which is neither in Turkey’s nor our interest. The third dimension is that Erdogan was pretty tough this time (probably Sargsyan implies Erdogan’s statement made in Washington, NEWS.am's note). The impression is that he might have wanted to create equilibrium between the acknowledgements of no preconditions in the protocols,” Hurriyet says.
The source quotes RA Premier, as saying: “The alleged genocide is an essential point for Armenians and the government, but said Armenian people should overcome their complex toward the Turkish people. I have even stated that in our parliament. The attitude of our people toward Turks and Turkey needs to change, however difficult that may be. Our foreign policy should not be anti-Turkish. It should be pro-Armenian. We need to be able to change the attitude of our nation. In my opinion, the eventual recognition of the genocide will help Turkish society break through. This is the road to becoming a full-fledged member of the European Union. Its psychological complex must be overcome. The Germans succeeded in overcoming their complex, helping their society to unprecedented social and economic development.”
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