YEREVAN, MAY 31. ARMINFO. Development of relations of Turkey and offical Yerevan has been suspended, writes the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet.
According to it, the expected “process of normalization” in the Ankara-Yerevan relations cannot be started due to the fact that Armenia has not taken positive steps in the Nagorno Karabakh problem and its relations with Turkey. Ankara states that in the present conditions, establishing diplomatic relations and opening the border gate would not come onto the agenda. Due to the fact that there has not been progress made in the relations, the Armenian President Robert Kocharian will not come to Istanbul to attend the NATO summit and the statements of the Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Magarian related to the land indemnities they demand, are not considered to be “friendly” in Ankara.
The fact that Yerevan has not responded positively to the proposals made for the solution of the Nagorno Karabakh problem, which is the greatest obstacle preventing stability, and that it has not withdrawn from the lands it occupied, are some of the elements of concern in Ankara. The fact that Armenia’s approach has not changed, indicates that normalization in the relations will not be experienced in the short-term.
The source reports that President Kocharian is not included in the Ternary talks Two important developments were experienced in this process. The first is the fact that President Kocharian will not attend the NATO summit on 28-29 June. Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan were planning to get together during or prior to the NATO summit and to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh problem and the “proposal for withdrawal in stages” brought onto the agenda by the Baku administration. Thus, President Kocharian showed that he would not discuss this subject. The second development was the statement made last week by Prime Minister Margarian. Prime Minister Margarian spoke in the following manner: “Problems, such as the Nagorno Karabakh problem, recognition of genocide and demanding land indemnity from Ankara can be solved with the formation of a powerful Armenian state. If we want to receive land indemnity from Ankara, then we should not talk about it loudly everywhere.”
Taking back some of the provinces in Turkey’s Eastern Anatolia region is in the Armenian constitution and Agri Mountain is used as a symbol. Although Turkey recognized Armenia, it does not establish diplomatic relations with Yerevan, which does not change its demands and policy, and Turkey does not open its borders. The Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers spoke at international meetings last year, but could not make any progress. “The demand is impossible,” the newspaper writes.
The ASAM [Eurasian Strategic Research Centre] Chairman Gunduz Aktan said that it is impossible for the Armenians to demand lands or indemnities from Turkey in accordance with the Lausanne Treaty. Mr Aktan, who spoke at the Second Armenian Studies International Congress organized jointly by the ATO [Ankara Chamber of Commerce], the ASAM and the Armenian Studies Institute, stated that the Lausanne Treaty eliminated the land problem and said: “It is legally impossible for them to claim either land or indemnity for land,” the source reports.
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