SERZH SARGSYAN HAS NOTHING TO DO IN TURKEY: AZERBAIJANI EXPERT
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Aug 25 2009
Azerbaijan
"The Armenia-Turkey border will be opened when Armenia-Turkey and
Azerbaijan-Armenia relations are normalized," Azerbaijani political
expert Vafa Guluzade said commenting on situation around the return
match between Turkish and Armenian football teams to take place in
Turkey on October 14.
Recently Serzh Sargsyan stated he will visit Turkey to watch a return
football match between the two countries if only Ankara takes real
steps and either opens Armenia-Turkey border or makes a tangible step
towards lifting Armenia’s blockade.
"Turkey will not make any concessions and will not make the least
effort so that Sargsyan will visit the country. Armenia does not
comply with the terms of "road map". It should have give up charges of
"genocide" and give consent to consideration of this issue together
with the Turkish scholars. But it will never do so, because it could
call "genocide" into question in this way. Therefore it continues to
be an enemy of present-day Turkey," Guluzade said.
"On the other hand, Armenia will not afford normalization of relations
with Azerbaijan, because it is not depend on Armenia. Return of
20 percent of the occupied territories is up to Russia and depends
only on it. The Armenians are weak both before Russia and their own
diaspora. Diaspora does not want opening borders and does not want to
abandon the policy of "genocide" charged against Turkey. Armenia has
nothing to do about it. Generally, there is no state of Armenia. When
we talk about Armenia, we are engaged in self-deception," the political
expert said.
"So I think Armenia president Serzh Sargsyan will not go to
Turkey. Sargsyan just has nothing to do there," Guluzade added.