Президент Турции поздравил Саргсяна с переизбранием. Налаживание отношений с Турцией будет крупнейшей задачей внешней политики Саргсяна в ближайшие годы.

Президент Турции Абдулла Гюль поздравил президента Армении Сержа Саргсяна с переизбранием на второй пятилетний срок.

Как сообщает анатолийское информационное агентство, не приводя никаких подробностей, согласно информации, полученной от адмиистрации президента, Гюль направил поздравительное послание Саргсяну.

Лидеры двух стран были ключевыми фигурами в процессе сближения между двумя странами, который в настоящий момент зашел в тупик. Этот процесс начался с приглашения Гюля на отборочный футбольный матч Кубка мира, который состоялся в Ереване в 2008 году. Между двумя странами никогда не было дипломатических отношений, Анкара закрыла свою границу с Арменией в 1993 году из-за армяно-азербайджанской войны. В октябре 2009 года армянские и турецкие чиновники инициировали протоколы о нормализации отношений между двумя странами. Тем не менее, протоколы с тех пор так и не были ратифицированы и сталкнулись с огромной критикой в обеих странах.

В интервью азербайджанскому новостному порталу news.az сегодня утром, Деннис Саммут, директор британской неправительственной организации LINKS заявил, что налаживание отношений с Турцией будет крупнейшей задачей внешней политики Саргсяна в ближайшие годы. Он сказал:

"Мы можем ожидать преемственность в основном направлении внешней политики Армении, но с изминениями некоторых нюансов. Армения останеться близким союзником России, и будет настаивать на увеличении роли Организации Дговора о коллективной безопасности (ОДКБ). Однако, в экономической сфере Армения будет развивать отношения с Европейским Союзом. Вполне вероятно, что Армения подпишет соглашение об ассоциации с ЕС в ноябре этого года. Большим вопросом  являются отношения Армении с Турцией. Как наладить эти отношения это и есть самый большой вызов, стоящий перед Саргсяном."

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Источник: commonspace.eu

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