Giro Manoyan, representative of ARF Armenian Cause and Political Affairs, is convinced that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s upcoming visit to Armenia will not affect the Armenian-Turkish relations. “Nothing should be expected. His visit to Armenia has nothing to do with the Armenian-Turkish relations. His decision to attend the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council, to some extent, is due the attempts of Turkey to create an illusion, they are trying to show that there is some process in the Armenian-Turkish relations. But, in reality, there is nothing, they just are trying to create an impression”, – said Mr. Manoyan to Aravot.am. He does not share the circulating views that Davutoğlu’s visit to Armenia is also expressing Turkey’s concern about weakening the positions in the region.
Mr. Manoyan does not think that Turkish foreign minister’s visit is also conditioned with RF President Vladimir Putin’s recent statement regarding strengthening its position in the Transcaucasus. As said by Mr. Manoyan, Davutoğlu’s visit will not affect the Armenian- Turkish protocols. “It should affect to the extent that our authorities would once again remember that there is no progress, and to recall signatures from the protocols.” He also said that, prior to Davutoğlu’s visit, the publication in the Turkish “Sabah” newspaper regarding the arrangements on returning 2 liberated territories was also an attempt of creating an imitation in the progress of the Armenian-Turkish relations. “There are preconditions from the Turkish side in Armenian-Turkish relations, but they do not talk about this… And, generally, this is not a visit to Armenia rather than attending a conference that will be held in Armenia, just like the President of Iran attends the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, but this does not mean that the Iranian-American relations would be a matter of discussion.” Regarding the longest handshaking between Armenian and Turkish actors in Tbilisi, yesterday, Mr. Manoyan said, “People can go for anything just to appear in the Guinness Book, however, it has nothing to do with Davutoğlu’s visit, and the Armenian- Turkish relations.”
Arpine Simonyan
