"Turkey's try to thrust a wedge is in vain"
"Our desire was to establish relations with Turkey without preconditions. Unfortunately, Turkey's top officials are trying to do everything possible to not fulfill that desire," Serzh Sargsyan announced during a joint press conference with Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey. Serzh Sargsyan is on an official visit to the Swiss Confederation.
Sargsyan expressed words of gratitude to Switzerland, especially President Calmy-Rey for her inestimable efforts as an intermediary in the process of negotiations between Armenia and Turkey.
According to Sargsyan, instead of taking steps to ratify the signed Protocols, Turkey continues its efforts to thrust a wedge in the relations between Armenia and the Diaspora from all international podiums. "The more efforts Turkey makes, the less Armenia's already little confidence in the normalization of relations will be."
"I am surprised that Turkey is not well aware that the Diaspora, which was formed as a result of the Armenian Genocide is an inseparable part of Armenia and the Armenian people. It is our pride and our force. Diaspora Armenians are Armenia's ambassadors abroad, like our ambassador to Switzerland, the world-famous Charles Aznavour and many work by the call of the spirit," said Sargsyan.
According to him, Switzerland's mission as an intermediary in the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations best shows that Armenian Genocide recognition only creates a negative illusion in Turkey's relations with countries that have already recognized the Armenian Genocide for the moment.
"By recognizing the Armenian Genocide, Switzerland condemned that horrible crime against humanity and scored a victory for justice, historical facts and human rights. However, the most important thing is that that didn't bother Switzerland from supporting the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations after a short while. In this sense, Switzerland set the best example that should be a lesson for many countries around the world," said Serzh Sargsyan.
