U.S. Hasn't Recognized Turkish Republic Juridically So Far

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[I wonder how accurate and "credible" is the statement below made by Ara Papyan and, if yes, what would be , if any, the implications? Siamanto.]

U.S. HASN'T RECOGNIZED TURKISH REPUBLIC JURIDICALLY SO FAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.05.2007 16:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The U.S. hasn't recognized the Turkish Republic
jurudically so far. In 1918 the U.S. Senate decreed that a state which
failed to fulfill the arbitration award of the U.S. President cannot
be recognized," Ara Papyan, orientalist, specialist in international
law and Armenia's former Ambassador to Canada told a news conference
in Yerevan.

"It's not true that the Lausanne peaceful agreement annulled the
Sevr treaty. The Armenian-Turkish border issue wasn't even discussed
in Lausanne. There were two reasons for it. First, there already
existed the arbitration award. Second, Armenia wasn't an element of the
international law any more. Furthermore, provision 16 of the agreement
reads, "Turkey renounces its claims to territories which are not marked
by the Lausanne peaceful agreement as Turkish." Actually, the Lausanne
agreement had restored the Sevr treaty," the Armenian diplomat said.

At that Ara Papyan noted that presently the matter concerns
rehabilitation of international law but not return of lands. "For
Armenia it's first of all a security issue which includes
demilitarization of the border zone, Turkey's abstinence from
interfering into the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Armenia's engagement
into economic projects," Mr Papyan said.

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INTERNATIONAL LAW DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR INVIOLABILITY OF BORDERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.05.2007 17:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ International law doesn't provide for inviolability
of borders. They are marked by international treaties, Ara Papyan,
orientalist, specialist in international law and Armenia's former
Ambassador to Canada told a news conference in Yerevan.

"Till 1933 the Republic of Armenia was recognized by the League
of Nations according to provisions of the Sevr treaty. Presently,
Armenia, as the assignee of the First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920),
has every reason to request the UN Security Council to urge Turkey
to fulfill obligations undertaken in Sevr," he said.

As to formation of an independent Kurdish state, it can happen, since
provision 62 of the Sevr treaty provides for Kurdistan state on the
territory of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and a part of Armenia. We should be
ready for it," the Armenian diplomat underscored.

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NO ONE CANCELLED SEVRE TREATY ON ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.05.2007 17:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "After conclusion of the Sevre Treaty on August
10, 1920 borders with independent Armenia had to be set by a neutral
mediator - the United States. In this view, representatives of UK,
France and Italy appealed to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson for an
arbitration award on the Armenian-Turkish border. Mr Wilson outlined
Armenia's territory of 110 square km," Ara Papyan, orientalist,
specialist in international law and Armenia's former Ambassador to
Canada told a news conference in Yerevan.

"The arbitration award on the Armenian-Turkish border is
an international agreement which is not subject to appeal and
restriction of time. The big Parisian Four addressed a joint note to
the U.S. President in order to determine Armenian and Turkish borders
on the territory of Van, Bitlis, Erzrum and Trapezund," Papyan said.

The fate of the arbitration award is not bound with the ratification of
the Sevre treaty, according to him. "Westerman's committee responsible
for determination of borders was formed in the U.S.

Congress. The map and award affixed by the state seal marking
the significance of the documents are kept in the U.S. Congress
Library. Another committee dealing with the demarcation of borders
at the site was headed by Henry Morgenthau, the U.S. Ambassador to
Turkey in the times of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire,"
the Armenian diplomat said.

However, Papyan noted, November 29 the 11th Red Army entered
Armenia and the First Republic stopped existence as an international
element. "That is why the conditions of the Sevre and Lausanne treaties
were not fulfilled. The USSR was not the assignee of the Republic of
Armenia," he said.

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