SOS SARGSYAN: BORDER BETWEEN TWO PARTS OF ONE COUNTRY

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Oct 21 2009
Armenia

"Which borders are being opened? Are we allowed to go from one part
of our country to the other part of our country? In other words,
the border was set in the middle of our country not between Turkey
and Armenia. Turks are yet far from being civilized, and they are
impossible to deal with through diplomacy. They can befool many. They
must be talked to in a clear and concrete way: what are you doing
against us now, and what are you teaching in your schools – hating
Armenians or showing tolerance toward them? Why are you passing Young
Turks’ hatred for Armenian down from generation to generation? Are we
going to build up normal relations or do window dressing before the
world?" the famous Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan stated in his interview
with the Public Television of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). He
does not see any prospects for normal Armenian-Turkish relations.

"Our national interests are more important than any other issues. We
should be on our guard. We ourselves must be authors of our destiny,
rather than let other dictate anything to us. We must not lose our
dignity. Why are Turks hating us even more than at that time? Because,
throughout the world, we are witnesses to their atrocities. And they
will never stop hating us," Sos Sargsyan said.

He stressed the importance of taking the Diaspora’s opinion into
account.

Speaking of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, particularly the
territorial issue, he pointed out that "things gained with blood are
not to be returned, especially since they are our own. Artsakh is our
sacred land, and the Karabakh struggle is the Armenians’ spiritual
revival," Sos Sargsyan said.