First of all, he is a Turk
President of the PACE Mevlut Çavusoglu has refused to visit Tsitsernakaberd during his visit to Armenia tomorrow, reasoning that he is coming on a working visit and not an official one during which a visit to Tsitsernakaberd is mandatory. This has caused the ARF to refuse to meet with Çavusoglu.
"He is coming to our country without any respect for our history and official protocols," Armen Rustamyan told "A1+", adding that in this case, Çavusoglu behaved as a Turk official and not the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
How is a PACE delegate refusing to meet with the PACE President? In response, Armen Rustamyan said he is not taking a step that goes against the principles of his nation and party and is held accountable to his party. "I represent the Armenian Revolutionary Federation at the PACE."
"Heritage" faction has not taken any decision yet either, but Armen Martirosyan told "" that if the party decides to meet with the PACE President, they will only talk about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and Turkish-Armenian relations.
"If he calls our liberated territories occupied and talks about their return, we will counterattack and say that Armenia will talk about liberated territories only after Turkey accepts the fact of occupation of Western Armenia as a result of genocide," said Armen Martirosyan.
