Armenian FM denies Garabagh link with Turkey ties
Armenian Foreign
Minister Eduard Nalbandian has claimed that the world community is
aware that Armenia-Turkey relations and settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict are not
inter-related.
He said the two protocols on mending ties recently signed with Turkey have no reference to the Garabagh conflict.
"Any other comments are of secondary importance, because there are agreements reflected in those documents and they do not contain pre-conditions," Nalbandian maintained.
Turkey and Armenia signed protocols to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders in Zurich on October 10, after decades of hostility. The documents require ratification in both countries’ parliaments. Turkish officials have assured Azerbaijan, Turkey’s ally, that the protocols will not pass in the country’s parliament until progress is made in resolving the Garabagh conflict.
Nalbandian noted that Armenia "has never questioned and will not question" the so-called genocide of Armenians. He claimed that a number of articles on "genocide" have been published in the world and only some of them say the alleged genocide had not taken place.
Armenians say Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million people in 1915, a claim strenuously denied by the modern Turkish state.
Touching on the submission of the "genocide" bill to US Congress, the Armenian minister said Yerevan has supported putting the issue on discussion in any given country.
"Over 20 world countries have already recognized this historic truth," he alleged. "These developments refer not only to the Armenian people but the whole mankind. Recognition of the genocide will prevent the commission of such events against humanity in the future."*
He said the two protocols on mending ties recently signed with Turkey have no reference to the Garabagh conflict.
"Any other comments are of secondary importance, because there are agreements reflected in those documents and they do not contain pre-conditions," Nalbandian maintained.
Turkey and Armenia signed protocols to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders in Zurich on October 10, after decades of hostility. The documents require ratification in both countries’ parliaments. Turkish officials have assured Azerbaijan, Turkey’s ally, that the protocols will not pass in the country’s parliament until progress is made in resolving the Garabagh conflict.
Nalbandian noted that Armenia "has never questioned and will not question" the so-called genocide of Armenians. He claimed that a number of articles on "genocide" have been published in the world and only some of them say the alleged genocide had not taken place.
Armenians say Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million people in 1915, a claim strenuously denied by the modern Turkish state.
Touching on the submission of the "genocide" bill to US Congress, the Armenian minister said Yerevan has supported putting the issue on discussion in any given country.
"Over 20 world countries have already recognized this historic truth," he alleged. "These developments refer not only to the Armenian people but the whole mankind. Recognition of the genocide will prevent the commission of such events against humanity in the future."*
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