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    Armenian analyst considers Edward Nalbandian's participation in
    Turkish president's swearing-in ceremony to be a diplomatic mistake

    by Ashot Safaryan
    Friday, August 29, 19:53


    The impression is that Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
    visited Turkey for the sake of appearance, Armenian publicist Sargis
    Hatspanyan said at today's press conference in Yerevan. He considers
    Edward Nalbandian's participation in Turkish president's swearing-in
    ceremony to be a diplomatic mistake.

    "Official Yerevan's decision to send the first diplomat to the
    swearing-in ceremony of the president of the country with which it
    lacks diplomatic relations is a rough mistake. It is even needless to
    say that during his premiership, the new president of Turkey
    repeatedly made anti-Armenian statements", said Hatspanyan.

    He said that the Turkish media outlets ironically speculated on the
    goals of the Armenian Foreign Minister's visit and mentioned
    Sargsyan's letter only in the form of suppositions. "So, it is simply
    ridiculous to say that the Armenian foreign policy is self-motivated
    and that the Armenian minister was able to impose his agenda on
    Turkey", he said.

    Hatspanyan compared Nalbandian's visit to Turkey with Turkish FM Ahmet
    Davutoglu's Dec 2013 visit to Yerevan. He said that on the threshold
    of the Turkish minister's visit a statement was made at the official
    level that there would be no meeting of ministers, but Davutoglu came
    to Yerevan and made the Armenian party meet with him. "He came to
    Yerevan and took the initiative. The same cannot be said about
    Nalbandian's visit", the publicist said.


    http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=9BAC8EC0-2F94-11E4-BD8E0EB7C0D21663

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