V. Karapetyan: “Mediators are in touch also with Turkey” (video)
During the recent months Armenia and Turkey are engaged in their inner issues, and in terms of development of relations there has been no time for progress. According to the words of Vladimir Karapetyan, Chairman of External Relations Standing Committee of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), Constitutional changes in Turkey and strengthening of Erdogan’s positions will make the chances for future development of relations more complicated. He says that development should be awaited only if there are drastic changes in Artsakh issue. “Alas, these two issues are interconnected. The reality is that the mediators are also in touch with Turkey and there are agreements over this issue.” Touching upon Armenian-Turkish protocols, he noted that the authorities of Armenia, in fact, agreed to the establishment of subcommittee of historians. “Turkey will not yield to reconfirm that fact. Even if the Armenian side doesn’t want to be consistent in the establishment of the committee of historians, the Turkish side will impose it. These protocols will not change anything, vice versa, Turkey will toughen its stance. Having this important achievement, Turkey will bring forward additional preconditions for establishing “neighborly” relations.”
