Turkey will change its attitude to Armenian Diaspora, says Turkish FM

Turkey will change its inimical attitude towards diasporas whether they are Armenians or Greeks, Turkish foreign minister has said.

"We will change [our] idea of diaspora. We had inimical attitude towards the Diaspora and we will change that. No matter it is Armenian or Greek [diaspora]," Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted by Turkish daily Zaman as saying at a press conference.

Speaking about the stalled Armenia-Turkey normalization, Davutoglu said that it was not Turkey who failed the ratification process.
He also said that what matters is not only the opening of the Armenia-Turkey border but rather keeping it open after the opening - something that will depend on how the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations will unfold.

"Relations with Armenia will never again return to the situation that existed before October 9, 2009 [a day before the signing of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols in Zurich]. It is not the opening of the border that is important, but rather keeping it open which will depend on the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations," said he.