Davutoğlu’s speech seems funny to Istanbul Armenian journalist (video)
About two hours before the arrival of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the security officers are checking the territory with the help of dogs. For security reasons even the elevators of the Council of Europe (CoE) building stop operating. Prime Minister arrives. The PACE President Pedro Agramunt, who is known to have pro-Azerbaijani reputation, personally meets him. At the same time Kurds are staging a protest action outside the CoE building. Most of them have come to Strasbourg from Germany. They blame Turkey for fascist attitude toward Kurds and demand the resignation of Turkey’s President Erdogan. “We are protesting against Turkish policy towards Kurds and Armenians. I think that Erdogan is a murderer, as he kills Kurds in Turkey,” says a Kurd student. Already making his speech at the plenary sitting of the PACE, Turkey’s Prime Minister touches upon Karabakh issue. He says it is impossible to maintain status quo in Artsakh: “Armenia unleashed aggression against Azerbaijan. The escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh once again showed that it is impossible to maintain status quo in the NK, that violation of ceasefire agreement happened, and at present there is tension also in Nakhijevan,” says Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. There was almost no time to address questions to Davutoğlu, as his speech was lengthy. He also said that Turkey is an integral part of Europe, but there are values, which aren’t acceptable for that country pretending to the membership of the European Union. It seems to be funny to an Istanbul Armenian journalist Raffi Hermon Araks: “You must accept and you must come to senses and you must work for fixing the shortcomings.” By the way, the Istanbul Armenian journalist officially announced, that for already 6 years Turkey has commemorated the Armenian Genocide officially on its streets: “And the Turkish police officers defend the protesters, so that nationalists cannot do any harm to them,” says Raffi Hermon Araks.
