SOCHI, ISTANBUL AND GUL

The leader of the People’s Party Tigran Karapetyan stated September 5 at the Hayeli press club that Abdullah Gul’s visit to Armenia was dictated by Russia. Tigran Karapetyan who stated last week that Gul would not arrive explains what happened that he decided to come. Tigran Karapetyan said Serge Sargsyan went to Sochi on September 2, on the same day the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov left for Istanbul, after which Gul accepted the invitation. Tigran Karapetyan doubts that Turkey is willing to join a new Eastern organization which will be established as an alternative to the European Union, and will include the countries of the Eurasian region. Tigran Karapetyan says for this purpose Tigran Karapetyan will secede from NATO. The leader of the People’s Party views Gul’s visit to Armenia, which is highly fostered by Russia, in this global context. Tigran Karapetyan has no expectations from Gul’s visit, neither for football nor for the Armenian and Turkish relations. He says one cannot trust the Turks, which is his grandfather’s advice to him. Therefore, Tigran Karapetyan thinks that for Armenia the construction of the Iranian railway will be an alternative transport route. The leader of the People’s Party also said that the actions of protest of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun on September 6 will be a formality but Karapetyan says protest is natural, and he had even expected stronger protest. In answer to the question why he does not join the protest if he is so pessimistic about Gul’s visit and does not trust the Turks, Tigran Karapetyan said if he does not trust, it does not mean that he must fight.

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