“The tendency of Turkey to be included in EU is in the national interest of Armenia as well as to see Turkey democratized,” announced the analyst of “Institute of Civil Society and Regional Development” Shushan Khatlamajyan in the course of the seminar “The Process of Euro integration and regulation of regional conflicts”.
As she said that is the official position of our republic. In the meantime according to public opinion polls the public opinion doesn’t support this viewpoint. “The great difference between the public opinion and the official policy is a challenge to our state security,” the analyst thinks. Thus, as she explains, if the radical nationalists win the election in Turkey, it is well-known what the Armenian-Turkish relation will look like. According to the information Khatlamajyan possesses the number of people, who think the EU plays an unfair game with them, is increasing. And up to now no serious research has been carried out in the country to find out what people think about the perspective of being included into the EU.
Yet, as the expert thinks, recently in the course of summit talks with the European figures the Armenian side announced opinions which strangely have much in common with Turkish arguments. “For example, Turkey says one shouldn’t connect its relation with Armenia and Cyprus with being included in the EU, as these are different processes. Our President and Foreign Minister say the same despite the fact that among the main conditions to be included into the EU the regulation of conflicts and activation of regional cooperation are stated,” S. Khatlamajyan said. /Panorama.am/
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