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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.
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.