“For me, especially the second part of Gül’s statement was from the series of Gulnaz grandmother’s tales”,- so answered Karen Avagyan, NA Republican MP, to the question of Aravot.am as to how he interprets the statement of Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül in Gabala that the Nagorno-Karabakh problem must be resolved in the shortest possible time, and that he would like that the summit of the Council of Turkic states cooperation is held in Karabakh.
More specifying on his mind, Mr. Avagyan said, “Gül’s words are valued for me as much as Gül’s signature under the once Armenian-Turkish protocols in their country, which was not signified by his country, itself. Therefore, this statement can only have a sneering approach.”
Pursuant to Karen Avagyan, Gül little by little is becoming alike the head of Azerbaijan, who has started just making statements, rather than getting close to the business.
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Continuing, Mr. Avagyan said,- “Specifically, for Gül, he would better be consistent with at least his signature.”
To our question as to how this announcement must be used in the field of RA foreign policy, Karen Avagyan replied,- “In these years, Turkey was trying to intervene in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but the international community has selected another format, the Minsk Group, which in the course of years has outlined the settlement of the conflict, and its recommended principles were publicly accepted. I am also sure that some time later the Karabakh conflict will find its resolution. It has been de facto resolved so many years, some legal issues will also be resolved, and that will be our desire.”
Mr. Avagyan also mentioned that the most important thing is that the person making the announcement and the person speaking from the field desires, when talking about any norm, speak about all norms that are adopted by the international community: the right to self-determination of nations, peaceful negotiation process, non-use of force, territorial integrity, which is not what Gül understands.
Giro Manoyan, the head of Armenian Cause Office, ARF Dashnaktsutiun, said,- “We need to view the President Abdullah Gül’s desire visiting Karabakh and holding the summit of Turkic-speaking countries from the following perspective: Gül wants the Turkic-speaking countries would so reach the maturity, and would have good relations with all its neighbors along with other neighbors, and would start holding the summit of Turkic-speaking countries in other countries, and, as such, could also visit NKR and hold a summit there. Otherwise, if he means other than this, Gül’s statement is ridiculous.”
To the question whether it is a threat that Gül is stating that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved in the shortest possible time, Mr. Manoyan replied,- “This should be viewed as a desire. He was in Azerbaijan, he has felt a certain obligation to the guests of Azerbaijan and has said. Official Yerevan has given the answer to it. Turkey has one thing to do in Karabakh conflict, and it is not interfering, the rest is purely harming.”
As for Gül’s desire visiting NK, Giro Manoyan said,- “If he wants to go, let him go, then NKR authorities should accept him, I think that Gül’s airplane would directly land on Stepanakert airport, thus Gül would solve two issues at a time.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
