Sargsyan snickers when he is not alone as well
During yesterday's Turkey-Armenia match Serzh Sargsyan showed that he also "snickers" when he is not alone as well. Taking into account that the Republican Party press speaker Edward Sharmazanov interpreted the smiles of the Turkish Foreign Minister as a result of tension in Zurich, "A1+" asked Sharmazanov to comment on Serzh Sargsyan's conduct during the match, especially his "whole-hearted" laugh. "I don't know why...he was smiling because the team scored a beautiful goal. He received pleasure from watching the match."
Journalists reminded that Serzh Sargsyan had declared that he wouldn't go to watch the football match if the borders remained closed and this goes to show that Serzh Sargsyan didn't stay true to his word. In response, Sharmazanov said: "We have to learn to look more realistically at politics. The Protocols don't state any preconditions. What's more, the Protocols don't include the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict or the Armenian Genocide issue."
Sharmazanov continues to claim that there are no preconditions in the Protocols. As for the statements by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan according to which the border will be opened after the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Sharmazanov said: "The statements by the Turkish side are to make a threat within. If they aren't going to ratify the Protocols, why did they sign them in Zurich?" Sharmazanov considers it logical that the Turkish parliament will be the first to ratify the Protocols since it was Turkey that closed the border.
Despite statements by Turkish officials, Sharmazanov believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has nothing to do with Turkish-Armenian relations. "A couple of days ago Serzh Sargsyan said that he had discussed only two issues with his Azerbaijani counterpart, that is, the interim status of the NKR and the final status. There were no other issues and the Armenian side will never make concessions," said Sharmazanov. As far as the Turkish-Armenian relations and the viewpoints expressed in Azerbaijan are concerned, Sharmazanov said that they are "vociferous". "According to the statements by the Azerbaijani, the Turks have fallen into the Armenians' trap."
