Treaty of Sevres only document allowing proclamation of independent Kurdistan

PanARMENIAN.Net - "The only document that allows proclamation of independent Kurdistan is the Treaty of Sevres. Article 62 determines the southern border of Armenia as the border of northern Kurdistan," historian and diplomat Ara Papian said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net



Proclamation of Kurdistan is the issue of time, according to him.



"However, a nation that wants to form a state should lean on international agreements. Legalization is the most important condition here. Geography is the result of history. I would like to remind that all signatories to the treaty are obliged to follow its provisions. It certainly refers to the states that signed the Treaty of Sevres. Actually, Armenia and Diaspora are charged with the task to explain the winners in World War I that fulfillment of the treaty's terms is not an issue of conscience but obligation. Turkey is perfectly aware of the provisions of the Treaty of Sevres but the subject is extremely dangerous for it," he said.



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