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    TURKISH PM IN CHASE OF VOTES - ARMENIAN EXPERT

    news.am
    May 2 2011
    Armenia

    YEREVAN. - Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying
    to gain votes of ethnic Azerbaijanis, residents of Kars, ahead of
    parliamentary elections.

    This is the reason the monument to Armenia-Turkey friendship was
    demolished, expert in Turkish studies Ruben Melkonyan said at a press
    conference on Monday.

    "With approaching election nationalist rhetoric becomes stronger.

    Demolition of the monument will definitely help gain votes of the
    local Azerbaijanis," he said.

    According to him, dismantlement of the monument reflects current state
    of Armenia-Turkey relations: all "angles of contact" which could be
    the basis for normalization are destroyed.

    As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, during his visit to Kars,
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the monument to
    Armenia-Turkey friendship "monstrous" and ordered to demolish it.

    Former Mayor of Kars Naif Alibeyoglu always stood for the opening
    of the Armenia-Turkey border without any preconditions and for this
    purpose organized a collection of signature in Kars. On his initiative,
    a large monument was put to represent the Armenian-Turkish friendship
    and peace. However, Alibeyoglu was defeated in the mayoral elections
    in 2009. The unfinished monument was put near the old Armenian district
    of Kars.




    From: A. Papazian
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