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  • #451
    Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

    U.S. president thinks Turkish-Armenian negotiations can bear fruit

    The U.S. president said on Monday that Turkish-Armenian negotiations could bear fruit.

    U.S. President Barack Obama said that negotiations between Turkey and Armenia could bear fruit very quickly. "If they can move forward and deal with a difficult and tragic history, then I think the entire world should encourage that," Obama told a joint press conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gül in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

    Obama also said, "what I have been very encouraged by is news that under President Gül's leadership you are seeing a series of negotiations, a process in place between Armenia and Turkey to resolve a whole host of long-standing issues including this one."

    "I want to be as encouraging as possible around those negotiations which are moving forward and could bear fruit very quickly."

    Obama said that there had been a steady improvement in Turkish-U.S. relations since 2003 despite some problems, and said what he wanted to do was to further improve relations.

    The U.S. president said that the terrorist organization PKK was in the U.S. terrorist watch list, and reiterated his country's support for countering terrorism.

    Obama said that cooperation against terrorism had born fruit in recent years and terrorist attacks reduced, and pledged to maintain support for fight against terrorism.

    The president said both countries thought that terrorism could no way be justified.

    Obama said, "Turkey and the United States can build a model partnership in which a predominantly Christian nation and a predominantly Muslim nation -- a Western nation and a nation that straddles two continents -- that we can create a modern international community that is respectful, that is secure, that is prosperous, that there are not tensions, inevitable tensions, between cultures -- which I think is extraordinarily important."

    "That's something that;s very important to me," Obama also said.

    Obama said, "one of the great strengths of the United States is that it does not consider itself a Christian nation or a xxxish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. I think modern Turkey was founded with a similar set of principles."

    The president said that if the West and East acted together, they could give a message to the world and create an extraordinary effect.

    Obama also said that he was looking forward to see that partnership soon.

    06 April 2009, Monday
    THE ANATOLIA NEWS AGENCY ANKARA

    http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=171658

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    • #452
      Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

      Erdogan to UN: End Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, then Armenia ties can be mended

      Friday April 10, 2009

      ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the United Nations to resolve a dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh mountain enclave to allow Turkey to normalize ties with Armenia. US President Barack Obama, on a visit to Turkey this week, pressed Ankara and Yerevan to complete talks aimed at restoring diplomatic ties between the two neighbors, a move which could shore up stability in the volatile and oil-rich Caucasus. Erdogan told a news conference late on Wednesday that a deal with Armenia that could include the reopening of the border would have to wait until Armenia and Azerbaijan first settled their dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh. “The Azerbaijan-Armenian dispute should be resolved first. Then, problems between Turkey and Armenia can be solved too,” Erdogan said.

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      • #453
        Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

        Baku sets own rules for 3-way play

        Friday, April 10, 2009 11:42

        ISTANBUL -Azerbaijan has attached three conditions to its giving consent to the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia, Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review has learned.

        All three conditions are related to the withdrawal of Armenian forces from occupied Azerbaijani territories, sources familiar with the issue told the Daily News. In addition to Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian forces have also occupied seven regions surrounding the enclave to which both countries claim sovereignty.

        Azerbaijan sent an envoy recently to Ankara to explain the government’s views on the reconciliation process between Yerevan and Ankara, which closed its borders with Armenia in 1993 after Armenian forces occupied Azerbaijani territory.

        According to the envoy, Azerbaijan insists on three conditions to give its green light to opening the borders:

        * Armenia should withdraw from five of the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, which are Agdam, Fizuli, Jabrayil, Zangilan and Qubadli.

        * The return of the southern portion of the Lachin corridor.

        * The use by Turkey of the Lachin corridor.

        The Lachin corridor connects Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. By enabling Turkey to also use the Lachin corridor, Azerbaijan wants to have direct land access to Turkey.

        The envoy is said to have voiced concern about being left out of the talks between Armenia and Turkey.

        Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a move to alleviate Azerbaijan’s concerns, stated: "There will be no Turkish-Armenian deal before the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. Then, problems between Turkey and Armenia can be solved, too.

        "We hope the U.N. Security Council makes a decision naming Armenia as the occupier in Nagorno-Karabakh and calling for a withdrawal from the region. This is a process the Minsk Group could not succeed in for 17 years," Erdoğan said in a news conference he held late Wednesday.

        The Minsk group set up in 1992 and co-chaired by Russia, the United States and France is seeking a solution to Nagorno-Karabakh problem, one of the most intractable conflicts arising from the Soviet Union's collapse.

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        • #454
          Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

          Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
          Azerbaijan sent an envoy recently to Ankara to explain the government’s views on the reconciliation process between Yerevan and Ankara, which closed its borders with Armenia in 1993 after Armenian forces occupied Azerbaijani territory.
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          Could someone tell me when precisely did Armenia and turkey have normal relations?
          Last edited by hrai; 04-10-2009, 12:43 AM.

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          • #455
            Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

            Serzh Sargsyan: We have no territorial claims towards Azerbaijan

            10.04.2009 17:22 GMT+04:00

            /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Armenia has no territorial claims towards Azerbaijan. NKR issue belongs nation’s self determination sphere, and should be solved accordingly,” RA President Serzh Sargsyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

            “The people of Karabakh won their independence and wouldn’t change it for anything. Azerbaijan is an aggressor who received a fitting rebuff. We never did and will allow NKR conflict settlement determine the opening of Armenian –Turkish border.

            No one can set conditions to Armenia concerning NKR conflict settlement and Armenian-Turkish ties normalization issues,” RA President stated.

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            Armenia will not sacrifice international recognition of the Armenian Genocide

            10.04.2009 18:44 GMT+04:00

            /PanARMENIAN.Net/ We repeatedly stated that Armenia speaks for normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties without preconditions, RA President Serzh Sargsyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

            “Though difficult, the process of negotiations with Ankara is going on.
            I see nothing strange that Ankara might be willing to change its viewpoint. Still, I believe opening of border will serve the interests of Turkey.

            Some are concerned that Armenian market will be flooded with Turkish goods upon opening of border. Yet, goods are still being imported in Armenia through Georgia.

            Fear of competition might bring us to the wrong inference that all the borders to Armenia should be closed, so local manufacturers could avoid competition. The inference is fundamentally wrong.

            Turkey sets a number of preconditions including abandoning demands for in international recognition of the Armenian genocide and NKR conflict settlement on Azerbaijan-stipulated terms. This is what we'll never sacrifice for normalization of ties. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan are aware of it,'' RA president stated.

            Turkey closed the border with Armenian in 1993, in support to Azeri's aggression against Nagorno Karabakh.

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            • #456
              Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

              Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
              Serzh Sargsyan: We have no territorial claims towards Azerbaijan

              10.04.2009 17:22 GMT+04:00

              /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Armenia has no territorial claims towards Azerbaijan. NKR issue belongs nation’s self determination sphere, and should be solved accordingly,” RA President Serzh Sargsyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

              “The people of Karabakh won their independence and wouldn’t change it for anything. Azerbaijan is an aggressor who received a fitting rebuff. We never did and will allow NKR conflict settlement determine the opening of Armenian –Turkish border.

              No one can set conditions to Armenia concerning NKR conflict settlement and Armenian-Turkish ties normalization issues,” RA President stated.

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              For a moment there, I feared for the worst. But still, given how everyone else believes the 7 regions surrounding the former NKAO is somehow not in Artsakh, this is not a good thing to say.

              Serge Sargsyan should just STFU about Armenia's territory. Even if he cleared up what he said as I read the article, such a statement/quote is very dangerous to our national cause and could be twisted, turned and interpreted many ways. He has already made the most idiotic error of his career by calling Agdam "non-Armenian" even though the city hosts Tigranakert, we don't need any more.
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              • #457
                Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

                Turkish-Armenian Talks May Go Nowhere, Says Sarkisian

                Friday, April 10, 2009

                YEREVAN (RFE/RL)--The almost year-long negotiations between Armenia and Turkey, which have brought the two neighbors close to normalizing their strained relations, could end in failure because of renewed Turkish preconditions, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Friday.

                “Is it possible that we were mistaken in our calculations and that the Turks will now adopt a different position and try to set preconditions?” he said. “Of course it is possible. One cannot exclude such a thing by 100 percent.

                “But I think even in that case we would emerge from this process stronger. With this process, we have once again emphasized -- and the international community has seen that -- that we are really ready to establish relations [with Turkey] without preconditions.”

                The remarks came amid growing indications that Ankara is again linking the normalization of its relations with Yerevan with a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict acceptable to Azerbaijan. The Turkish government appeared ready to drop that linkage when it embarked on an unprecedented dialogue with the Sarkisian administration last year.

                However, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said twice over the past week that his country cannot establish diplomatic relations and reopen its border with Armenia as long as the Karabakh conflict remains unresolved. President Abdullah Gul likewise underscored the importance of Karabakh peace when he commented on Turkish-Armenian ties in an interview with “The Financial Times” newspaper published on Wednesday.

                “The major problem in the Caucasus is the Karabakh question between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” said Gul. “We wish that this problem is resolved so that a new climate emerges in the Caucasus.”

                The statements by the Turkish leaders followed an uproar in Azerbaijan over reports that Ankara and Yerevan are poised to sign this month an agreement envisaging an end to the 16-year Turkish blockade of Armenia. Azerbaijani leaders publicly warned their Turkish counterparts against lifting the embargo before a Karabakh settlement.

                Like his foreign minister, Eduard Nalbandian, Sarkisian insisted that the Karabakh dispute has not been on the agenda of the Turkish-Armenian talks and that Armenia continues to stand for only an unconditional deal with its neighbor. Speaking at a news conference on the first anniversary of his inauguration, he said he still hopes that the Turkish-Armenian border will be reopened by the time he attends a football match in Turkey between the two countries in October. “But my optimism may not prove right,” the Armenian leader cautioned, adding that the Turks could “walk away from our agreements.”

                The Armenian and Turkish soccer teams already played against each other in Yerevan last September. Gul paid a historic visit to Armenia to watch the game with Sarkisian. The so-called “football diplomacy” raised high hopes for Turkish-Armenian reconciliation.

                “In my opinion, the ball is now in Turkey's court,” said Sarkisian. “And speaking of football diplomacy, we have to say that the ball cannot remain in one court indefinitely. Every football game has a time limit.”

                Turkish leaders said until recently that possible U.S. recognition of the 1915-1923 genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire is the main obstacle to the success of the Turkish-Armenian negotiations. U.S. President Barack Obama avoided publicly using the word genocide during his visit to Turkey earlier this week, arguing that those talks “could bear fruit very soon.” Obama is under strong pressure from Armenian advocacy groups in the United States to honor his campaign pledge to officially recognize the genocide.

                Sarkisian said that Armenian-American lobbying efforts are not directed from Yerevan. “It's not we who are prodding the United States to recognize the genocide,” he said.

                “Naturally, we constantly consult and discuss issues with leaders of [Armenian-American] structures, but such a phenomenon cannot exist,” added Sarkisian. “Those people are very good citizens of the United States ; and it would not be right to issue instructions to them.”

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                • #458
                  Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

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                  • #459
                    Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

                    We have to do everything in our power for Armenia not to become hostage to Turkey

                    17.04.2009 15:31 GMT+04:00

                    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Opening the border with Armenia, Turkey can close it any moment, rendering Armenia fully isolated and left with no alternative route,'' Armenian historian, RA National Academy of Sciences Director Ashot Melkonyan told a news conference in Yerevan. ''Georgia’s concern over possible opening of Armenian-Turkish border is justified: cargos will be sent to Armenia through Trabzon and Iskenderun instead of Poti. But here lies the danger: Turks can any time refuse us the transit. They opened the airspace for Armenia-Europe and Armenia-Middle East flights, but no one can guarantee it will last forever,'' Melkonyan noted.
                    He also emphasized that it’s necessary to legally protect Armenian farmers’ rights, who might find themselves on the verge of bankruptcy, being unable to compete with cheap Turkish vegetables' importers.
                    ''In 1993 Turkey closed the border, so Turkey itself should open it. Still, we have to do everything in our power for Armenia not to become hostage to Turkey. My opinion is connections with Turkey should be brought to a minimum. Closers relation with Turkey might bring to deplorable results and our history is the best proof of this,'' RA National Academy of Sciences Director said.

                    We have to do everything in our power for Armenia not to become hostage to Turkey
                    http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=30552
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                    • #460
                      Re: Armenian-Turkish Relations

                      Originally posted by Federate View Post
                      17.04.2009 15:31 GMT+04:00

                      /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Opening the border with Armenia, Turkey can close it any moment, rendering Armenia fully isolated and left with no alternative route,'' Armenian historian, RA National Academy of Sciences Director Ashot Melkonyan told a news conference in Yerevan. Closers relation with Turkey might bring to deplorable results and our history is the best proof of this,'' RA National Academy of Sciences Director said.

                      http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=30552
                      Not "might bring" but "definitely will bring" in my view.

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