Ankara seeks to accuse Yerevan of suspending Armenian-Turkish process

PanARMENIAN.Net - No real changes have been observed in Armenian-Turkish relations over the past 2-3 months. Armenia has many times declared its position on normalizing ties with Turkey without preconditions, Eurointegration NGO's chair Karen Bekaryan told journalists today. "Recent development in the process was Armenian Presidents statement on going to Turkey only in case the border opens or parties are in the run-up to lifting the blockade. Such statement was followed by a pause, although process develops in an invisible manner," Armenian expert noted.



According to him, Turkey will do its utmost to prove to the world that such suspension was caused by Armenia. "No wonder Turkish media characterized Armenian leader's statement as precondition set by Yerevan. Turkey already creates all prerequisites for accusing Armenia of destructive policy in case Serzh Sargsyan does not go there to watch return football match," Karen Bekaryan said.



The return match between Turkish and Armenian national teams is due on October 14 in Bursa, in the stadium named after Atatürk.