Armenia is ready to re-establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without any preconditions, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a recent interview with Corriere della Sera.
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“We have said and I reiterate that we are ready to re-establish diplomatic relations with Turkey without any preconditions. The international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not a precondition when it comes to re-establishing the diplomatic relations with Turkey. That recognition is a very important process, which is necessary not just for our relations with them but, as I have already mentioned, for the global prevention of genocides,” ARMENPRESS quotes him as telling the leading Italian newspaper.
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Pashinyan referred also to the Armenian Genocide resolution passed by the US House of Representatives, appreciating the move as a a very important effort towards preventing future crimes of genocide.
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“Moreover, such decisions change the atmosphere in our region. Those are messages hinting the international community’s intolerance of this kind of aggressive policies. Unfortunately, a century after the genocide, Turkey is still perceived by Armenians as a possible security threat. The border with Turkey has been is close for nearly 30 years upon their own initiative – not ours. It is open from the Armenian side”, the prime minister said.
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H/T Tert
