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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS:
Armenia has done the utmost in respect of the regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations, director of the Regional Studies Center Richard Kirakosian told a news conference today, pointing out that the international community is waiting today for the steps of Turkey.
He said a serious conference is going to take place over the Armenian-Turkish dialogue in Istanbul the goal of which is to find ways out and give new impetus to the process. The speaker considered it remarkable that the conference follows the earthquake in Van and the opening of St. Giragos Church in Tigranakert. Richard Kirakosyan highly assessed the initiative of Serzh Sargsyan to provide quake aid to Turkey. "The fact that Turkey refused the aid of all the countries and accepted only Azerbaijan's speaks of the fact that the signals coming from Armenia and Turkey in regard of normalization of relations differ," the political analyst said. Richard Kirakosian said Turkey's foreign policy is marked with the losses of Syria, Libya, Iran which makes Turkey weaker as compared with Armenia, which is in more strong positions both in respect of NK issue and in respect of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.
In this context the political analyst rated high the assistance of Russia and West to Armenia. According to Richard Kirakosian, because of its wrong calculations in Kazan Azerbaijan failed to justify the expectations of the Minsk group, which in its turn reinforced more Armenia's positions in the NK issue.
"Today Armenia faces only one challenge in this process - use and maintain this military privilege being not only a responding but the initiating side as well," the political analyst said.