ROBERT KOCHARIAN: NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS IS A PREROGATIVE OF GOVERNMENTS NOT HISTORIANS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.02.2007 14:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is ready to establish diplomatic relations
with Turkey without preconditions, stated Armenian President Robert
Kocharian at the interview to French "Le Figaro". He rejected
Turkey’s offer to create a joint commission of historians in order
to clarify the events of 1915 and called upon Ankara to establish an
inter-governmental commission. "Normalization of bilateral relations
is a prerogative of governments not historians," stressed the head
of the Armenian State. He also added the Armenian side is ready to
establish diplomatic relations without preconditions, to establish
an inter-governmental commission in order to discuss all, even the
most critical issues, " RFE/RL reports.
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