NA VICE SPEAKER: FOR TURKEY, BLACKMAIL IS A KEY POLICY

Yerkir
19.05.2006 16:19

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau
member and National Assembly Vice Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian said on
Friday that the derailing of the Armenian Genocide bill in the French
Parliament is the continuation of Turkey’s blackmailing policies.

“Blackmailing has been the main method in Turkey’s politics for the
past 250 years,” Hovhannisian said. “Therefore, it didn’t come as a
surprise to us.”

He added that the Turkish reaction to our foreign policies is a sign
that our policies are working.

“But I believe that France cannot delay this issue forever,”
Hovhannisian went on saying. “I think, France, as a progressive
European nation, will return to this issue, and we will succeed
this time.”