Armenian-Turkish relations reach deadlock

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Turkey's policy in the context of opening the border with Armenia has always involved preconditions. Now, after signing the roadmap there have not been any tangible moves in the Armenian-Turkish relations," Alexander Arzumanyan , ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia told a press conference today. According to him, the existence of the road map enables Turkey to create an illusion of open borders with Armenia in the eyes of world public in order to solve own specific tasks, for example, to prevent the U.S. President Barack Obama from using the term "Genocide" in his speech on April 24. "Moreover, Turkey links the issue of opening the border with the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Mr. Arzumanyan emphasized.



Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan believes that the road map signed by Armenia and Turkey on April 23 was a great bluff. He noted that, before signing the roadmap, both sides must have prepared agendas, without which this document becomes meaningless.



Answering the question of a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, will the establishment of historians' commission promote dialogue with Turkey and raise the awareness of Turkish public on the matter of the Armenian Genocide, Mr. Arzoumanyan answered, that the mere existence of the historians' commission puts into question the fact of the Armenian Genocide, and its establishment cannot be accepted at all.