football diplomacy is over
The Association of Armenians in Bulgaria, welcomes the decision of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to remove from Parliament the issue of protocols signed in Zurich in 2009 between Turkey and Armenia allegedly aimed at normalizing bilateral relations. “The Turkish authorities have once again demonstrated to the world that in refusing the desire for peace of Armenia are the direct heirs of those who committed the genocide of the Armenians. The gesture of the President of Armenia is fair and justified because Turkey not only regret the crimes of its past, but strengthens its anti-Armenian policy and its denial of genocide “wrote in a statement the Association of Armenians in Bulgaria. It also says that instead of respecting the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, Ankara moves cynically that day celebrations of the victory of the Battle of Gallipoli. “Almost every day, the Turkish officials use various opportunity to distort history and deny the existence of the Armenian genocide and denying any responsibility for these crimes,” the statement continues by saying that Turkey supports the Azerbaijani government in the conflict opposes in Karabakh “what is foolish in these circumstances to speak of improvement of Armenian-Turkish relations.”
Krikor Amirzayan