MARCH 1ST EVENTS WILL NOT REPEAT

Yerkir
10.04.2009 18:04

Yerevan (Yerkir) – Serzh Sargsyan marked his first year in office
on April 9. He spoke about this in his April 10 news conference,
answering to 60 questions that ranged from financial crisis to the
Armenian football team’s unsuccessful performance.

He said that the crisis would not stop any projects.

Speaking on the Armenian-Turkish relations, Sargsyan reiterated that
Armenia is for relations without preconditions, including the Armenian
genocide and the Karabakh conflict. "The ball is in Turkey’s field
now," he said. He added that the international community witnessed
that Armenia was ready to establish relations without preconditions
and that neither the Armenian genocide nor the Karabakh conflict were
discussed during the Armenian-Turkish talks. As for the opening of
the Armenian-Turkish border, the president said that when attending
the next football game in Turkey he would either cross an open border
or be very close to it.

Speaking on the Yerevan election, he called on all the forces to be
ready for it and not be hostile. He said that the 1 March events will
not repeat.