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ARA PAPYAN: "THE RELATIONS WITH TURKISH ARE GETTING WORSE" (VIDEO)
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
August 6 2013
The president of "Modus Vivendi" Center Ara Papyan, to the question
of Aravot.am whether it was not early for the condolence expressed by
Armenia's Foreign Ministry on the occasion of Azerbaijani shepherd
killing by the Russian frontier at Turkish-Azerbaijani border,
answered,- "I do not think that we hurried, because the reaction,
in fact, was one or a day and a half later. It's a different thing
that the Russian side gave a vague response to the first requests,
saying that the shepherd was armed and he was the first to shoot,
but the weapon was not presented. I'm still waiting for the Russian
side to present the weapon, and as long as there is no weapon,
the assertions are ungrounded. If the person is killed, naturally,
the gun must be in the territory of Armenia, he could not carry the
gun back. We did not hurry; simply we must have clearly demanded
the reaction of the Russian side, which was not done." To the next
question whether this case will bring tension to Armenian-Turkish
relations, Papyan said: "Of course there will be tension because a
man has been killed, Turkish nationalism will use this, but I think
that this is also beneficial to other countries because it will wake
up fear in Armenians again, and I'm sure that many people will say
that relations with the Turks are getting worse. And what European
choice, because if we make a European choice, and Russians will not
defend us, the Turks we destroy us. This frame of mind instills in
the people. And who is interested in any incident or crime? This
gives rise to thinking." To our observation that it was emphasized
that the deceased was Azerbaijani, whether it was done on purpose,
Papyan said: "Azerbaijani is a very abstract concept, I do not know
what an Azerbaijani is. Until recently Azerbaijani was the same
Turk, simply it was just the Shiite Turk, who was living in that
territory. Now, if he is a Shiite Turk, but, as I understood, was
once migrated from Azerbaijan, this is emphasized and here there is a
problem of inflaming anti-Armenian, i.e. inflaming Turks against us,
inflaming once again Azeri against us. There is a problem of putting
Armenians in a difficult situation."
Eva HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/06/155877/
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
August 6 2013
The president of "Modus Vivendi" Center Ara Papyan, to the question
of Aravot.am whether it was not early for the condolence expressed by
Armenia's Foreign Ministry on the occasion of Azerbaijani shepherd
killing by the Russian frontier at Turkish-Azerbaijani border,
answered,- "I do not think that we hurried, because the reaction,
in fact, was one or a day and a half later. It's a different thing
that the Russian side gave a vague response to the first requests,
saying that the shepherd was armed and he was the first to shoot,
but the weapon was not presented. I'm still waiting for the Russian
side to present the weapon, and as long as there is no weapon,
the assertions are ungrounded. If the person is killed, naturally,
the gun must be in the territory of Armenia, he could not carry the
gun back. We did not hurry; simply we must have clearly demanded
the reaction of the Russian side, which was not done." To the next
question whether this case will bring tension to Armenian-Turkish
relations, Papyan said: "Of course there will be tension because a
man has been killed, Turkish nationalism will use this, but I think
that this is also beneficial to other countries because it will wake
up fear in Armenians again, and I'm sure that many people will say
that relations with the Turks are getting worse. And what European
choice, because if we make a European choice, and Russians will not
defend us, the Turks we destroy us. This frame of mind instills in
the people. And who is interested in any incident or crime? This
gives rise to thinking." To our observation that it was emphasized
that the deceased was Azerbaijani, whether it was done on purpose,
Papyan said: "Azerbaijani is a very abstract concept, I do not know
what an Azerbaijani is. Until recently Azerbaijani was the same
Turk, simply it was just the Shiite Turk, who was living in that
territory. Now, if he is a Shiite Turk, but, as I understood, was
once migrated from Azerbaijan, this is emphasized and here there is a
problem of inflaming anti-Armenian, i.e. inflaming Turks against us,
inflaming once again Azeri against us. There is a problem of putting
Armenians in a difficult situation."
Eva HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/06/155877/