ZEYNO BARAN: PRESIDENT SARGSYAN’S INTENTION TO INVITE ABDULLAH GUL TO YEREVAN IS "INTERESTING AND ATTRACTIVE"

armradio.am
26.06.2008 12:18

Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and Senior Fellow at
the Hudson Institute Zeyno Baran assessed as "very interesting and
attractive" RA president Serzh Sargsyan’s statement on his intention
to invite Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Yerevan to watch the
football match between the national teams of Armenia and Turkey.

"I think President Sargsyan’s suggestion is very interesting and
attractive. Football plays an important role in the life of Armenian
and Turkish peoples, and the spirit of this game can really bring
them closer on the non-political field. I see no reason for rejecting
the invitation, especially consideration that it fully complies with
President Gul’s constructive approach towards all neighbors of Turkey,"
Zeyno Baran said in an interview with Mediamax.

On June 23 RA President Serzh Sargsyan said during the meeting with
representatives of the Armenian community that he will probably
invite Abdullah Gul to Yerevan to watch the football match between
the national teams of Armenia and Turkey.