Political statements to be made on Armenian-Turkish protocols: President’s Press Secretary
YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS. Arman Saghatelyan, the Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of Armenia, answered a question of “Armenpress” News Agency regarding the future of the Armenian-Turkish protocols. The question and answer are introduced below:
Question to the Press Spokesman of the President of the Republic of Armenia
- Mr. Saghatelyan, yesterday President Serzh Sargsyan spoke about the Armenian-Turkish protocols, showing that all the mistrust sounded before was baseless, but the President did not spoke about the future of the Armenian-Turkish protocols. The question is the following: what is the future of the Armenian-Turkish protocols?
Answer
- You know in a couple of days on April 24 we enter the year of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. There will be events of remembrance, censing, voicing against genocides, and various other events all over the world uniting people of the world against that atrocity, but at the same time there will be political statements as well, which will be in harmony with the spirit of the year.
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