Frozen relations between Armenia and Turkey can't last eternallyJuly 28, 2008 - 14:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian political scientist Zurab Todua does not see a sensation in the talks between Turkey and Armenia. "Such talks have been held at times almost since the first day of existence of independent Armenia. As is known, former president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan directly set the task to his subordinates to search for opportunities to resolve the problems in the Armenian-Turkish relations, including the opening of borders, restoration of transportation communication and problem of the Armenian Genocide. But he failed to do it," he said. "Yet the frozen relations between the two states can't last eternally. Nagorno Karabakh is too expensive for Armenia which is isolated from all regional economic projects. The people can bear miseries encouraged by patriotic spirit only for a short historical period I think most Armenian residents will treat the fact of talks at least with understanding. Although, there will also be exceptions. There will be people, who will call it a "betrayal of national interests" and "surrender positions", and "indulgence," he noted. Russia will not make a tragedy of the Armenian-Turkish talks, according to Todua. "Everyone is aware that the attempt to normalize contacts between the two states is pragmatic. Armenia will not stop being the strategic and military and political ally of Russia after it reconciles with Turkey. On the contrary, Russia, which maintains close trade and economic relations with Turkey, will have more opportunities for new perspective and large scale projects, which Armenia can join, though theoretically. Like in other regions of the world, to separate from a big neighbor, means to doom people to miseries and hardships, deprive them of various opportunities. For which strategic purposes and tasks does Armenia need to follow the West and separate from Russia? This question has no logical answer. It means that such talks are unfounded," he resumed, Day.az reports. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |