YEREVAN. – According to Armenia’s Arakelutyun (Mission) Party, Armenian-Turkish relations can be normalized by way of mutual contacts between the two peoples and without foreign interference, specifically without the “Azerbaijani blackmail.” Mesrop Arakelyan, who heads the Arakelutyun Party list for the forthcoming Yerevan Council election, told this to Armenian News-NEWS.am, presenting their party’s stance toward Armenian-Turkish relations.        

In Arakelyan’s words, their political force rules out the discussion of the Armenian Genocide, from the perspective of Armenian-Turkish relations, because the Genocide is not a subject for discussion.

“The fact of the Genocide is an undeniable reality,” he stressed.

At the same time, however, Mesrop Arakelyan said he and his fellow party members favor the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border and the establishing of diplomatic ties, but without preconditions.