Where were the Republicans? Didn’t they have complaints?

Analyzing the visit of Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to Yerevan to attend the 29^th session of the Foreign Ministers’ Council of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, candidate of psychological sciences Ashot Hakobyan said, “If we look at it from the standpoint of diplomacy, it is not Davutoğlu’s visit to Armenia, he had come to participate in the activities within the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, and it emerges from the agenda, and we cannot say that the Turkish Foreign Minister has visited Armenia. Giving such formulation would mean to change the content, which has not been true.” According to our interlocutor, meeting Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Minister with protest rallies was to the point, just a shame that not all of the political units of Armenia were demanding. “Those who have made some investments in the Republic of Armenia, I would like to see them all there. Why weren’t all there? This question is coming to my mind, even on this issue we cannot come together. I’m not talking about brawls, hue, no, just… Why should the “Heritage”, ADL party, ARF be present, but where were the Republicans? Didn’t they have complaints? At least participation with youth, pre-parliamentary and civil initiatives. I understand you may lie in the pits of Komitas Street, well, bro, what about the national issue, or you don’t think that this is important. It is just an act of reminder that we are sober, I do not say that we had gathered there, glory to our young people that they freed the entrance for the guest to pass through the entrance, otherwise it was possible to close, this was our beautiful gesture to show that see, my brother, we showed you that we are sober, but we did not break the rule of hospitality, we preserved our decency, and it was nice. However, it was not clear to me why not all political forces or people, who have or would like to have some investments in the policy were not present. NA MPs. It is easy to voice something from the European chairs, but in your capital…? I’m saying again that it’s not a violation of the rules of hospitality, this is my national problem, which I raise not for Davutoğlu, but for the world. Not at all, I know that Davutoğlu, in his deep soul, knows about this.” According to our interlocutor, now is the time to switch from heartbreaking crying to demanding. “In my opinion, we need to change some overestimations, emphasis from the perspective of the state power, with all our society and nation, because it is one thing when we talk about the Armenian Cause, but another thing when we talk about it in the 21^st century, on the eve of the 100^th anniversary. We need to make a slight change of the content and emphasis. More emphasis should be made, sorry for the language, by shifting from heartbreaking crying to demanding. We are simply demanding, without heartbreaking, we do not want someone to recognize or not recognize the Armenian Genocide, not at all, the world knows it, everyone knows it, no need to prove it, no need to put more efforts on it. But, we need to look at the issue from another point of view. We have Diaspora, which is essentially formed as a result of these tragic events. And, we have a lot to do in the Diaspora related to national culture, identity problems, because the Armenian Genocide and the Armenian Cause in the 21^st century, seem to be slowly consuming itself in my eyes.” Ashot Hakobyan is sure that our country’s foreign policy is weak, we have undermine, bleeding, emigrate and weak society, whereas we need to increase the weight of the trump card in this game, otherwise we will not be able to make a long bluff. “Why does the Turkish Prime Minister display such behavior (meaning displacement of the genocide), because we have prepared ourselves for it, and have prepare for a couple of years ago with some notorious preconditions, initialing, notorious documents that are available in our National Assembly until now. Of course, there were complaints and claims. What do we want to prove ourselves? A committee of scientists, and so on? In other words, we made him to attack the first, with our passivity, our passive posture, I do not know why our foreign policy is like that,” said Ashot Hakobyan.

Nune AREVSHATYAN