Armenian-Turkish rapprochement process is frozen

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-Turkish rapprochement process is frozen, Head of Hay Dat Bureau Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan.



"Even after conclusion of road agreement between RA and Turkish Foreign Ministries on Apr. 22, Ankara keeps setting NKR conflict settlement as a precondition for establishing diplomatic relations with Yerevan. In fact, Turkey decided to freeze the process and it succeeded in doing so," Kiro Manoyan emphasized. According to Kiro Manoyan, by starting negotiations with Turkey, Armenia became vulnerable and subject to pressure. He emphasized the statement of Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, Philip Gordon, on creation of Armenian -Turkish historians' committee, stressing that the second precondition set by Turkey is being fulfilled here.





"A proposal to create historians' committee has been initiated by Turkey several years ago, aiming to weaken international process of Armenian Genocide recognition. Based on current situation, aRF Dashnaktsutyun has already announced its position on the necessity for official Yerevan to suspend Armenian-Turkish negotiations," Kiro Manoyan said.