KIRO MANOYAN: TURKEY TORPEDOED ARMENIAN-TURKISH NORMALIZATION PROCESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.08.2009 15:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia should have long ago declared its
unwillingness to be present in football match between Armenian and
Turkish national teams since Ankara failed to keep its promise, thus
torpedoing Armenian-Turkish normalization talks, ARFD Hay Dat Bureau
Director Kiro Manoyan told today a news conference. According to him,
Turkey wants to pretend it is "conducting a dialogue" with Armenia,
while Yerevan is required to announce that Turkey torpedoed talks
and there’s no dialogue between two states.

<Turkey torpedoed the process, changing the game rules,> Manoyan
said. Armenian-Turkish border will not open till October 14 as
Yerevan and Ankara will not manage to sign agreement by then. Document
formulation and agreement signing will take much time, whereas match
is going to take place in 60 days.

During the joint conference with his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadiæ,
President Sargsyan said he’d go to Trukey to watch Armenia-Turkey
return football match only in case the border is open or parties are
in the run-up to lifting the blockade.

Return match between Armenian and Turkish national football teams
is scheduled for October 14, in Bursa, in the football stadium after
Ataturk.