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    ARMENIA: IS TURKISH DEAL RESHUFFLING ARMENIAN POLITICS?

    EurasiaNet
    Nov 19 2009
    NY

    Political observers in Yerevan are watching for signs of a political
    deal between President Serge Sargsyan and his most vocal critic,
    Levon Ter-Petrosian.

    In surprise comments made on November 11, Ter-Petrosian said that the
    Armenian-Turkish rapprochement agreement, signed in October, presented
    Sargsyan as "a realistic and resolute statesman worthy of the 21st
    century," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian service reported.

    While taking issue with Sargsyan's agreement that a group of historians
    should investigate the 1915 slaughter of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman
    Turks, Ter-Petrosian accused the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
    (ARF)-Dashnaktsutiun, a vocal critic of the Armenian-Turkish deal,
    of throwing "non-existent sins" onto the tally of "numerous sins
    committed by Sargsyan," RFERL reported.

    In response, Kiro Manoian, an ARF spokesperson accused Ter-Petrosian
    of trying to make backroom deals with Sargsyan while publically
    maintaining his image as the administration's sworn enemy, the Tert
    news agency reported on November 18.
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