RUBEN SAFRASTYAN: IT’S TURKEY’S TURN TO TAKE A STEP
Lusine Vasilyan

"Radiolur"
08.02.2010 15:03

"The process has slowed down, but it’s not deadlocked. It’s Turkey’s
turn to take a step," Director of the Oriental Studies institute of
the Academy of Sciences, Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan told a press
conference today.

According to him, the "football diplomacy" stage of the
Armenian-Turkish relations was completed with the signing of the two
protocols, while the new stage has dim, but interesting nuances.

"Turkey is trying to win time," he said. Safrastyan believes,
the Armenian National Assembly must not undertake to consider the
protocols until discussions start in the Turkish Parliament.