Linking the resolution of the Karabakh conflict to the relations with Turkey would be one of the losses of Armenian foreign policy and diplomacy,
Speaking about domestic political issues, he said the debate between the authorities and the opposition often becomes incomprehensible to him. “I cannot understand when the authorities and the opposition discuss who won at the PACE session. Here we should address issues of the Armenian people. I”m not interested who will make a weepier speech, Naira Zohrabyan or David Harutyunyan. That“s not what I”m interested in,“Alexander Arzumanyan said.
The former Foreign Minister considers that the Europeans who assess the democratization of Armenia are bureaucrats, who are well aware of the situation. According to him, the Council of Europe is a political structure, which has 40 member states with different interests, and any decision is made on the basis of common consent. Therefore, let“s say, Prescott and Colombier work normally.
Speaking about Armenian-Turkish relations, Alexander Arzumanyan said he had always stood for establishment of relations with Turkey without preconditions.
“I think both sides have been setting contradicting preconditions over the past 15 years. As for the road map, it”s a great bluff. It was simply beneficial for Turkey to create an illusion of dialogue. In fact, Turkey sets a precondition and links the normalization of relations with the Karabakh issue. It has always been an unacceptable approach. Armenian authorities have been repeating since 1991 that the Armenian-Turkish relations and the Karabakh conflict are two different issues,“he said.
Turkey has used the Armenian-Turkish relations to solve certain issues, the
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