MOST TURKS AGREE TO RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA UNDER "CERTAIN CONDITIONS"

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.11.2006 18:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The overwhelming majority of Turks have a positive stance towards establishment of relations with neighboring Armenia, in case the latter meets "certain conditions," returns of a sociological survey in Turkey indicate. 82% of respondents out of 8 thousand 714, questioned by Association for Struggle against Ungrounded Statements on Genocide have a positive stance over establishment of relations with Armenia, in case the latter meets "certain conditions." These include refusal from "statements" on the Genocide, "apologizing to Turkey for these statements." 53% of respondents listed a whole range of preconditions, including "Armenians should apologize to Turks for pogroms during WWI," "demolish" memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, withdraw from Nagorno Karabakh.

16% of those questioned considered "breaking off relations with the Armenian communities of Europe and US and refusal from statements on the Genocide" sufficient. 18% of interviewees do not wish establishment of relations between Armenia and Turkey at all. Meanwhile, the percentage of those willing to establish relations without preconditions is not mentioned, reports RFE/RL.