Ara Papian sends an open letter to Turkish Foreign Minister

PanARMENIAN.Net - The historian, diplomat and the head of the Modus Vivendi Center Ara Papian , has sent an open letter to the Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in which he criticized the recent statement of the Turkish foreign minister in the Turkish Parliament.



According to Ara Papian, Ahmet Davutoglu by his statements in the Turkish Parliament tries to pass the desirable for reality.



Mr. Papian paid particular attention to the statements regarding the recognition of existing borders between Turkey and Armenia, saying that the only international document by which the border may be recognized - is an arbitral award of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, adopted November 22, 1920.



He also noted that Armenia cannot recognize the current Armenian-Turkish border by the Treaty of Kars, since in the time f signing of this document the Republic of Armenia did not exist.



"It's amazing that you are talking about "occupation", when your country has occupied 37 per cent of the territory of Cyprus and for already nine decades occupied three-quarters of my country," Ara Papian said in his address. "Armenia is ready to cooperate, but Turkey will achieve nothing through its pressure," Ara Papian emphasized.