Turkey Cannot Speak with Pre-conditions to Armenia: Sargsyan

"We are ready and want to have normal relations with all our neighbors, but we will not tolerated pre-conditions to be dictated to us. This morning I met with Turkish Prime Minister. Our approach has been and remains very clear. Turkey cannot speak with pre-conditions to Armenia. We will not simply allow that. We cannot allow the fact of Armenian Genocide be a subject to examination or pretend that Turkey can play a positive role in the Karabakh conflict settlement process. Any new foreign policy line is subject to trial because we are passing through an untrampled path. We are sure that Armenia will pass this way with honor too," said Sargsyan today at meeting with Armenian American Diaspora in Washington.

"In the recent months we witnessed how Turkey attempted to split the homeland and the Diaspora and to present the situation as if there are two different viewpoints in Armenia and in the Diaspora. Today together with you we deny those empty allusions. There is no difference between the viewpoints of Armenia and Diaspora: there is a unified Armenian people ...," said Sargsyan. Armenia’s President Sezh Sargsyan visited Woodrow Wilson’s tomb in the Washington National Cathedral. The President placed a wreath on the tomb.

Our correspondent in Washington says that Sargsyan said he had told Erdogan that Armenia has not changed its approach over the Armenia-Turkey normalization, that Turkey cannot speak with Armenia with pre-conditions, and that Armenia will never allow anyone to question the fact of Genocide.

Earlier a meeting took place between Serzh Sargsyan and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the framework of the World Nuclear Security Summit. There were reports that the main issue on the agenda would be the Armenia-Turkey normalization and the ratification of Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

Besides Serzh Sargsyan Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, President’s Deputy Chief of Staff Vigen Sargsyan were participating in the meeting.

From the Turkish side together with Erdogan Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkey’s Deputy Undersecretary
Feridun Sinirlioglu participated in the meeting that took place in a room behind transparent windows in the background of the World Nuclear Security Summit wallpaper.