G. Minasyan says the situation created in Turkey will result in reconciliation of the society with their past

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS: In undertaking the regulation process of Armenian-Turkish relations, the target of Armenia was establishment of diplomatic relations with Turkey without preconditions and opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, member of the executive body of the Armenian Republican Party Gagik Minasyan said today at a meeting with journalists.

“No case has been registered over this year, when our behavior is criticized by international big political centers. The latter have always stood up for our position,” G. Minasyan pointed out. According to him, we cannot say the same about Turkey, which tried to put forward preconditions and deserved the criticism of the international community.

“We won a status of a subject of initiative policy, which dictates political processes and pursues their successful finish. We also acquired a reputation of a trustworthy partner, which will have an essential significance in regard to our political developments. We also won a thing, which we could not reach without starting this process; hot discussions on the genocide run today just in Turkey,” the parliament member stressed.

According to him, the rally of the Turks organized on April 24 in Istanbul, the speech of the Turkish parliament member with the demand of recognizing the Armenian genocide show that a process has started in Turkey which sooner or later will result in reconciliation of wider circles of society with their past. “This is our main goal; we want the whole world to recognize the Armenian Genocide and then at the end we want it by Turkey,” G. Minasyan said.

Referring to the regulation prospects of the Armenian-Turkish relations, he noted that Armenia does not take back the signatures, and only suspends the ratification process. “We think there will be authorities in Turkey which will be ready to bring the process to an end without preconditions. If there are not such authorities we will maintain our status, and in this case there will be no opportunity of speculation for Turkey,” G. Minasyan stressed.

According to him, actually there were 4 variants – the recall of the signatures, the ratification of the protocols, the suspension and the doing nothing. “The most logical step was the suspension of the process,” the speaker said.