Turkey has got all that it wanted from the Armenian-Turkish process an does not have to hurry, the leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated at a rally in Yerevan on March 1.

According to him, all the talks about the “alleged stalemate” in the Armenia-Turkey normalization process are ungrounded. “Another matter is that it is the collapse of the so-called policy of initiatives by Serzh Sargsyan,” Ter-Petrosyan.

“By renouncing the Armenian Genocide, Serzh Sargsyan hoped to legitimize himself somehow and relieve the international pressure concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. But, as we can see today, the situation is quite opposite now,” Ter-Petrosyan said.

He pointed out five equally urgent problems facing the Armenia people: Armenian-Turkish relations, Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, restoration of democracy, rule of law and end to corruption.

However, the international community gives priority to the first two tasks, as it is pursuing its own interests in the region. Specifically, the international community underlines the need for resolving the problems posing a threat to regional security.

“The only thing we expected from European agencies is an impartial appraisal of the state of democracy in Armenia, but they give priority to the resolution of the first two problems. We have to put up with the fact that they will openly speak of human rights in Armenia only after the Nagorno-Karabakh problem has been resolved and Armenian-Turkish relations normalized. It is good that the resolution of the two problems meets our people’s interests,” Ter-Petrosyan said.

The ANC leader also said that the ANC must make efforts for Armenia to sustain the minimal losses from the present foreign political situation.

T.P.