TURKOLOGIST HAKOB CHAKRIAN: AS ARMENIA AND TURKEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES DO THAT

NOYAN TAPAN
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Turkologist Hakob
Chakrian, the main and first result of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols
is that RA President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Turkey to watch
the Turkey-Armenia football match. Declaring this at a September
2 press conference he also said that some things will be clarified
after President’s visit to Turkey, and it will be possible to guess
what the next steps will be.

According to the agreement reached between Armenia and Turkey, after
signing the protocols should be ratified by the parliaments. In this
connection H. Chakrian said: "Turkish parliament’s two parties will
be against, there will be persons being against in Erdogan’s party,
as well. It may proceed easier in Armenia but we will have other
problems."

According to him, the initiators of making the protocols are not the
Armenian or Turkish sides but the international forces, the European
Union, the United States. "As Armenia and Turkey are not able to
solve their problems international structures proceeding from their
interests try to do it," the Turkologist said. However, in his words,
one thing is obvious: thanks to these Protocols Armenia and Turkey
will get free of pressures of the international forces.

Touching upon responses in Turkey following the publication of the
mentioned documents H. Chakrian said that they are different. Turkey’s
opposition accuses Prime Minister Erdogan of betrayal reminding that
he had stated that the Armenian-Turkish border will be opened when
the Nagorno Karabakh problem is settled. And Azerbaijan accuses Turkey
of betrayal and exerts psychological pressure.