History of Truth - Armenian Allegations

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has raised Ankara's concerns over the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process with Swiss and US officials.

Speaking to Turkish journalists as part of the 46th Munich Conference on Security, Davutoglu said that the normalization process of relations between Turkey and Armenia was something to which "we gave detailed consideration and something that includes a vision".

“This vision involves not merely the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia but also the improvement of Turkish-Armenian commercial relations and turning the Caucasus into an area of peace and well-being,” he said. “There will certainly be ups and downs during the process and some difficulties may be experienced. We knew that the process might develop this way from the beginning. Our thoughts, concerns and unease on this matter are clear. We discussed the situation that arose after the recent decision by the Armenian Constitutional Court (on the protocols signed by Turkey and Armenia in 2009) with all the relevant parties in an extremely open way. Within this framework, we hope that the process will continue in accordance with the vision we have determined and that, at the end, we will establish new peace and stability in the region which could benefit the Turkish and Armenian peoples, Turkey and Armenia, as well as the Azerbaijanis. We will never stop efforts on this and we are committed to move the process according to the principles established at the beginning.”

Touching on his bilateral talks in Munich, Mr Davutoglu said that he had held an extremely comprehensive meeting with the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

“We discussed with President Aliyev the results of the trilateral summit held by Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Aliyev in Sochi, the recent developments in the region, the latest point reached on Nagorno-Karabakh, and Turkish-Armenian relations,” he said.

Davutoglu said that he and head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Federation, Micheline Calmy-Rey, "a dignitary who played a crucial role in normalizing relations between Turkey and Armenia", discussed the normalization process and that he conveyed Turkey's thoughts on the issue.

“Within this context, I had talks with the deputy secretary of the US State Department, James B. Steinberg. Mr Steinberg was in Yerevan. He informed me about his impressions in Armenia. We exchanged views. We also talked about the latest developments at the US House of Representatives and an Armenian resolution there. We discussed the situation in the Caucasus and Balkans,” he said.

Balkans, Iran


"I had talks with the foreign minister of Slovenia, someone with whom Bosnia-Herzegovina has close relations for their European Union (EU) process. In addition, I had talks with the foreign minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, and US President Barack Obama's National Security Council adviser, James B. Jones, on bilateral relations and international topics," Davutoglu said.

"We discussed, with Mr Jones, joint security topics, Iran's nuclear program and the Middle East problem," Davutoglu said.

Davutoglu said that he had had the chance to continue in Munich the talks begun with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in the Turkish capital, Ankara. They had a comprehensive discussion on Iran's nuclear program, bilateral relations and the Middle East.
"I had talks with the foreign minister of Serbia. We will hold a trilateral meeting with the Serbian foreign minister and the foreign minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Ankara on Tuesday. This meeting will be the fifth between the three sides and we plan to hold a trilateral meeting every month. We will evaluate the steps to be taken in order to facilitate stability in the Balkans," Davutoglu said.
Minister Davutoglu had separate meetings with the chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the European Union rotating president, Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube.

Foreign Minister Davutoglu was scheduled to make a speech on "Security and Stability in the Middle East" in a panel discussion in Munich on Sunday and to meet the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.

"We will talk about Turkey's potential contributions to Afghanistan with Mr Holbrooke. I will later hold a tete-a-tete meeting with the French minister of foreign affairs and European affairs, Bernard Kouchner," Davutoglu said.

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