Compromise with Turkey has certain boundaries not to be crossed by Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Compromise with Turkey has certain boundaries not to be crossed by Armenia, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Armenia's representative in Council of Europe, said in a speech delivered at French University. "It's hard to estimate the unexpectedness of yesterday's statement on normalizing Armenian-Turkish ties, but statements on such processes between Yerevan and Ankara were made many times," Armenian expert noted. According to him, Armenia focuses on three issues while considering neighborhood with Turkey. "The first factor is a third party's, i.e. Baku's participation in the process, which is unacceptable for us. The second is the linkage between Armenian-Turkish process and Karabakh settlement, and the third concerns our past, i.e. history. It turns out that we need to develop ties with Turkey, without being sensitive to historical issues," Zohrab Mnatsakanyan noted, adding that none of above three factors was reflected in yesterday's statement.



At the current stage of public discussions, it's very important for both countries to properly assess the situation, the expert said.