Wednesday, December 22 2021 11:15

ArmInfo.For the first time in its history, Armenia is entering the process of normalizing  relations with Turkey, having satisfied all the demands of the  Turkish side. This is the opinion of Suren Sargsyan, a political  scientist and an expert on America.

In his words, Artsakh has been handed over to Azerbaijan,  international recognition of the Armenian Genocide has been de facto  removed from the Armenian foreign policy agenda, and a new demand,  the opening of a corridor, will also be satisfied in the near future 

"By the way, in 1992 Turkey set a condition for Armenia to remove the  following paragraph from the Declaration of Independence:" The  Republic of Armenia supports the process of international recognition  of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and Western Armenia in  1915. "Another condition was to remove the symbol of Mount Ararat  from the coat of arms of the RA Armed Forces, since it was considered  as a territorial claim against Turkey, "Surenyan said.

The expert believes that during the development of the new  Constitution (pay attention to the initiative of Nikol Pashinyan)  this issue may also be resolved, say, by founding a fourth republic  and adopting a new declaration, etc.

At the same time, the political scientist believes that now Armenia  and Turkey will sign documents on the establishment of diplomatic  relations, in which the Armenian side recognizes the territorial  integrity of the Republic of Turkey and the inviolability of its  borders, and fixes an abstract formulation on the Armenian Genocide  in Erdogan's style of "common tragedy".

"Turkey will not have any restrictions on the part of Armenia in the  upcoming negotiations, but some restrictions will be on the part of  the mediating states. At the moment there are two of them: the United  States (see the Bloomberg leak) and Russia (see the request of the  Armenian authorities for mediation)", - Sargsyan summed up.

On December 13, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that  Ankara and Yerevan will appoint special envoys to discuss steps to  normalize relations between the two countries. The Turkish Foreign  Minister also announced the resumption of charter flights between  Istanbul and Yerevan in the near future.  Cavusoglu stressed that  Ankara will act in coordination with Azerbaijan regarding steps to  normalize relations with Armenia.  

Yerevan welcomed this statement by the Turkish Foreign Minister.   Thus, press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan  Hunanyan, in particular, stated: "Armenia has always been and remains  ready for the process of normalization of relations with Turkey  without preconditions, which is enshrined in the program of the  Government of Armenia.  In this regard, we assess positively the  statement of the Foreign Minister of Turkey on the appointment of a  special representative for the normalization of relations, and  confirm that the Armenian side also will appoint a special  representative for the dialogue".  

Career diplomat who also has experience in the Turkish National  Security Service, former ambassador to Washington Serdar Kilic will  conduct the negotiations from the Turkish side and Deputy Chairman of  the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan from  the Armenian side.