Turkish expert Ruben Safrastyan, in a conversation with Aravot.am, referring to the shepherd killed at the Armenian-Turkish border, and, to this respect, the statements of the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Turkey, said he could comment on the case, if he knew the complete information. “What is known to us is the following, the shepherd has entered the border with Armenia, he was armed and opened fire. This is what it looks like and this information must be taken into account, and, of course, if he had opened fire, on the opposite side there must also be an adequate response, and in this case it was from the Russian frontier.” Safrastyan considers that Russia should have made an announcement, and Armenia should have waited for it, because the Russian side discusses the case, reviews, studies, and come up with the official announcement. “And as long as there has been no official announcement, we can not say that all the circumstances of the case are known.
And the Turkish statement, which indicated that the deceased was an ethnic Azerbaijani, I think it was made special to sharpen the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. On the other hand, our answer should state that the said person was armed.” According to Safrastyan, our statement was mild, which says that we express our pain. “We have yet to discover that he was actually a shepherd, or not, it should be emphasized that he was armed. I think we need to wait for the announcement of the Russian side made then give the answer to the Turkish side.” As for the fact that the victim’s brother has said that he is going to file a lawsuit against Armenia, Safrastyan said that if it is legal, it’s his right.
