Monday, January 28, 2008

The Turkey-Armenia border, mental maps and incoherent policies - Turkish Daily News Jan 28, 2008

"The Turkey-Armenia border, mental maps and incoherent policies
Monday, January 28, 2008

Armenians’ pursuit of genocide resolutions from different legislative bodies across the world is contrary to Armenian interests. Only Turkish nationalists and a well-financed handful of individuals within the Armenian diaspora benefit from the resulting negative climate in relations between Turkey and Armenia. The PM's proposal to set up a commission of historians on the question of Turkey's Armenian losses meets an Armenian counterproposal that seeks to include a wider range of bilateral issues, including the matter of the problematically closed border between the two neighbours"

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