YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS. Director of the International Secretariat of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau Giro Manoyan says after the failed coup Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will continue his policy, and the relations with Armenia are not priority for Turkey. It is also not clear what policy the military officials would carry in case of succeeding, what impact it would have on Turkey and Armenia.  

“The Turkish army has been famous for its much tougher policy on a number of foreign affairs, including also the Armenian question. We cannot say that their success will definitely have positive impact on Armenia. After the failure I can say Erdogan will continue his policy, this means that the relations with Armenia are not priority for Turkey, and especially after this incident. Turkey will continue its same policy. It has close cooperation with Azerbaijan and this will remain the same”, “Armenpress” reports, Giro Manoyan said.

As for Russia-Turkey-Azerbaijan relations, Giro Manoyan said the further close cooperation can create a concern among us. “Russia’s relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan are for economic reasons, it is to some extent not beneficial for us. Russia’s selling weapons to Azerbaijan causes concern, and if the Turkish-Russian relations normalize, it can be more concerning since the economic ties may merge into military ones”, Giro Manoyan stated. He said Armenia must be alert and attentive, follow all developments for correctly defending its interests.

Giro Manoyan said Turkey will conduct policy of diverting the attention from its internal issues not only over the Karabakh issue, but also on a number of foreign issues, but its internal issues are so deep that it will make the Turkish leadership face that issue. “We must expect intrigues in the regional policy, that’s why we must be alert and united”, Giro Manoyan concluded.

Nearly 290 people were killed in the failed military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15. According to official data, the number of wounded is 1440.