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Serzh Sargsyan has nothing to do in Turkey: Azerbaijani expert

25 August 2009 [12:59] - TODAY.AZ
“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.

/Day.Az/
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