Turkologist: Increase of Turkey’s role in Arab world does not stem from interests of Armenia
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YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS: Turkey is trying to assume the role of assembler of the Arab world, vice dean of the YSU Oriental Sciences Chair, Turkologist Ruben Melkonyan said at a news conference today. According to him, the active policy of Turkey in Middle East and Northern Africa is aimed at establishing Turkey’s priority, reinforce economic sources in the Arab World.
“Still in 1990s the main provisions of “neoottomanism” were worked out aiming to reunite the states forming the former Ottoman empire. To be frank, Turkey does it good. The other candidates for having influence in the Arab world – Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran appeared weak in fight with Turkey,” the Turkologist said, adding that as a result of super-active political participation the Arab world sees Erdogan as an ambassador of the Muslim people and attorney in the whole world.
“Armenia must be concerned with this circumstance as the increase of Turkey’s role does not stem from the interests of the official Yerevan. Turkey is trying to present itself as a fair, unbiased judge who can participate in the regional conflict as reconciler,” Melkonyan said.
“Unfortunately, the Armenian-Turkish protocols remained as a bright example for the whole world that Turkey’s “zero issue” policy in reality is pretence and the latter continues speaking in the language of pre-conditions,” Melkonyan said.