Turkey poses serious threat to Armenia - foreign minister
27.08.2019,
12:14
Turkey poses a serious threat to Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said Tuesday at the annual conference of the ministry's staff and diplomats."Turkey's refusal to establish diplomatic ties with Armenia, the economic blockade of the country, the continuation of the Armenian genocide fact denial, the recent excuse of these actions and unconditional and open support for Azerbaijan in terms of the Karabakh conflict," he said.
YEREVAN, August 27. /ARKA/. Turkey poses a serious threat to Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said Tuesday at the annual conference of the ministry's staff and diplomats.
"Turkey's refusal to establish diplomatic ties with Armenia, the economic blockade of the country, the continuation of the Armenian genocide fact denial, the recent excuse of these actions and unconditional and open support for Azerbaijan in terms of the Karabakh conflict," he said.
In his words, this creates a constant confrontation, which determines Armenia's regional security policy also in the context of the country's foreign policy priorities.
Turkey and Armenia have had no diplomatic ties since Armenia became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in a show of support for its ally, Azerbaijan, which had a dispute with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian enclave of Azerbaijan.
There are several sensitive issues complicating the establishment of normal relations between the two countries, particularly Ankara’s blatant support of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process and Turkey’s refusal to acknowledge the mass killings of Armenians the Ottoman Empire as genocide. -0--
"Turkey's refusal to establish diplomatic ties with Armenia, the economic blockade of the country, the continuation of the Armenian genocide fact denial, the recent excuse of these actions and unconditional and open support for Azerbaijan in terms of the Karabakh conflict," he said.
In his words, this creates a constant confrontation, which determines Armenia's regional security policy also in the context of the country's foreign policy priorities.
Turkey and Armenia have had no diplomatic ties since Armenia became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in a show of support for its ally, Azerbaijan, which had a dispute with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian enclave of Azerbaijan.
There are several sensitive issues complicating the establishment of normal relations between the two countries, particularly Ankara’s blatant support of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process and Turkey’s refusal to acknowledge the mass killings of Armenians the Ottoman Empire as genocide. -0--
