Etyen Mahcupyan: Official Line to Normalize Armenia-Turkey Relations Faced Deadlock

11.12.2006
PanARMENIAN.Net

Cooperation between non-governmental organizations and opposition forces will have a positive impact on the development of the Armenia-Turkey bilateral relations, said Etyen Mahcupyan, head of TESEV Democratization program and columnist at Zaman newspaper. In his words, development of democracy in Armenia and Turkey may become a stimulus for the development of bilateral relations.

He also underscored that the official line to normalize the Armenian-Turkey relations has reached a deadlock and development of relations between non-governmental organizations appears as an alternative. Formation of a civic society is essential for the development of Armenia and Turkey, he considers.

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