All Turkish media have covered Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s April 24 invitation letter.
Presenting the Armenian president’s response, several Turkish pro-government media cited solely Sargsyan’s following words: “It is not a common practice for us [, Armenians,] to be hosted at the invitee’s, without receiving a response to our [own] invitation.”
And some other Turkish media noted that Sargsyan had stressed that Erdogan’s invitation to take part in the events commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Gallipoli to be held on April 24 of this year was made intentionally, and it serves, “if not a simple-minded goal to distract the attention of the international community from the events [to be held on April 24 of this year and] dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.”