Vartan Oskanian: Armenia, as Turkey's neighbor, can't feel safe.

"Religion plays an important role in Turkey's decision to reject Yerevan's invitation," Peter Semneby thinks.

Implementation of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku railroad project can't bring to Armenia's greater isolation, as Azerbaijan and Turkey suppose.

Vartan Oskanian: Turkey had 2 chances to normalize relations with Armenia during past 18 years but it failed to take them.

December 19, RA National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.

Vahan Hovhannisian: as long as Talaat pasha, Enver pasha and Jemal pasha are Turkey's national heroes, the Turkish-Armenian relations will not be normalized.

The international community rates opening of the border as the primary condition.

Tigran Torosian: Armenia doesn't push preconditions while Turkey's position is quite opposite. We insist on resolution of the issue in the framework of European integration.