TURKEY LACKS SUFFICIENT INCENTIVES FOR OPENING BORDER WITH ARMENIA – POLITICAL SCIENTIST
July 15, 2013 | 14:30
YEREVAN. – Turkey does not have sufficient incentives for opening its
border with Armenia, Caucasus Institute Director, political scientist
Alexander Iskandaryan said during a press conference on Monday.
The analyst commented on the statements that the Armenia-EU Association
Agreement will become an incentive for the opening of the boundary.
“The European Union has a ‘soft power’ and this is well known. Europe
cannot use strict enforcement mechanisms at this time. Around three
dozen countries, [and] each one having its [own] bilateral agreements,
its [own] interests,” he said.
As per Iskandaryan, Turkey does not have sufficient incentives to
normalize its relations with Armenia.
“If Turkey were to be promised EU membership in return, [official]
Ankara might have decided to change its policy. But no one offers
such thing, [and] therefore I believe that Europe will try to put
some pressure on Turkey,” Alexander Iskandaryan concluded.
To note, the Armenia-EU Association Agreement is planned to be signed
during the EU Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Vilnius,
Lithuania, in November.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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Turkey lacks sufficient incentives for opening border with Armenia
– political scientistJuly 15, 2013 | 14:30 YEREVAN. – Turkey does
not have sufficient incentives for opening its border with Armenia,
Caucasus Institute Director, political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan
said during a press conference on Monday.
The analyst commented on the statements that the Armenia-EU Association
Agreement will become an incentive for the opening of the boundary.
“The European Union has a ‘soft power’ and this is well known. Europe
cannot use strict enforcement mechanisms at this time. Around three
dozen countries, [and] each one having its [own] bilateral agreements,
its [own] interests,” he said.
As per Iskandaryan, Turkey does not have sufficient incentives to
normalize its relations with Armenia.
“If Turkey were to be promised EU membership in return, [official]
Ankara might have decided to change its policy. But no one offers
such thing, [and] therefore I believe that Europe will try to put
some pressure on Turkey,” Alexander Iskandaryan concluded.
To note, the Armenia-EU Association Agreement is planned to be signed
during the EU Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Vilnius,
Lithuania, in November.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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