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“Armenia has promised to surrender the occupied territories to Azerbaijan,” Turkey’s President Aldullah Gul’s was quoted by Azeri mass media when saying to Turkish “Sabah” daily.

Armenia’s parliamentarians interpreted the statement otherwise. Orinats Yerkir (OYK) faction MP Hovhannes Margarian indubitably stated that, as always, Turkish media are lying.

ARF Dashnaktsutiun MP Artuysha Shahbazian didn’t possess enough information to comment on Gul’s words. He simply noted that “if Gul has made the statement, we still have no idea what might have proceeded or followed that sentence in his speech. He promised to inquire from Serzh Sarkissian whether the sides have reached such an agreement.

Bargavach Hayastan (BHK) Secretary Aram Safarian simply refused to make comments on the information disseminated by Azeri mass media. He said that they will share their stance after Armenia’s official circles express their viewpoints on the subject matter.

Republican (HHK) faction MP and HHK spokesperson Edward Sharmazanov didn’t even make a reference to Gul’s statement. He only enumerated the provisions of Serzh Sarkissian’s campaign programme which, in his words, will help solve the NKR conflict.

In this regard, Zharangutiun faction MP Vardan Khachatrian said to A1+: “Armenian citizens have not been informed about these negotiations. We have learnt the statement from the mass media accompanying Gul during his flight from Turkey.

“Now we witness various, in some cases, rather controversial opinions on the same issue. If you remember we were informed that the Presidents hadn’t even touched upon the Karabakh conflict during their meeting. Now we learn from Azeri sources that Abdullah Gul directly mentioned that “Armenia has agreed to vacate the occupied territories.” Now we still need to differentiate, what they meant by the expression “occupied territories”; do they mean the liberated territories or the whole NKR? Citizens must be informed of such talks. Unfortunately, this imperative is ignored every time. Serzh Sarkissian’s press secretary Samvel Farmanyan promised A1+ to comment on Gul’s statement later in the day.