HAKOB CHAKRIAN: UNLESS RA PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR TURKEY, DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY WILL FAIL
Noyan Tapan
Aug 19, 2009
YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President’s possible visit to
Turkey became an occasion for serious disputes in Armenia’s political
circles. Some political scientists consider that the RA President
should not leave for Turkey, others are of opposite opinion.
Thus, according to well-known Turkologist Hakob Chakrian, in any
case the President can leave for Turkey on a return visit, take the
opportunity and say to the very President of Turkey Abdullah Gul
about keeping or breaking his word.
During an August 19 meeting with journalists H. Chakrian said that
if this dialogue fails, it will be rather difficult to create a
new occasion. In his words, if Armenia turns down the invitation of
leaving for Turkey on a return visit, the international community will
consider Armenia an unaccomodating country being against stability,
dialogue, and cooperation.
The Turkologist also said that straight after Serzh Sargsyan’s
statement the opinion was already spread in Turkey, according to which
Armenia puts forward preconditions. According to him, it is Turkey
that needs rapprochement as its hostile policy to Armenia has failed.