Turkey's mentality unchanged even a century after Genocide: Deputy FM

PanARMENIAN.Net - Even a century after the Armenian Genocide, Turkey's mentality hasn't changed, Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister said Thursday, April 28, as he commented on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's threats against Armenians.

Speaking about the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, Erdogan said “Armenia is playing with fire.” Azerbaijan is obviously stronger in this conflict, Erdogan said. According to him, Russia can’t fully and openly support Armenia as Moscow pursues interests in Azerbaijan as well. “At least 100.000 Armenian currently reside in Turkey, including some 50.000 non-citizens. Even those with no residence permit are treated well in Turkey,” Erdogan said.

“The President of Turkey tries to threaten Armenia by linking Turkey-based Armenians’ dependence on the country’s authorities with his denialist statement on April 24 this year,” Shavarsh Kocharyan said.

“According to that statement, ‪Azerbaijan‬ is nothing like either of its neighbors or Ukraine. One can only add that with its intolerance, mania to spread a wave of instability and bloodshed and genocidal approaches, Azerbaijan is identical with only one country - Turkey.”

“Such spasmodic statements coming from both Ankara and Baku reflect their horror to appear in deep isolation on the international field, given their racist policy,” Kocharyan added.