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TURKEY HAS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO TO LEARN TOLERANCE
Aysor.am
Friday, October 16
"President Serzh Sargsyan's visit paid to Turkey yesterday concluded
the first phase of Armenian-Turkish relations and opened next one,"
said Prof., Dr. Ruben Safrastyan, Director of Department of Turkish
Studies at Armenian National Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental
Studies, a turkologist.
"The first phase as we all see, has finished culminated by signing
of protocols, next step is theirs ratification."
The phase of ratification, thinks the scientist, will also be complex,
demanding on both sides of efforts and time.
When asked about the incident during the football match in Bursa,
in particular, those of stoned bus with Armenian delegation inside,
Dr. Safrastyan said that the Turkish society's xenophobia increased
over past years.
"This is due to increasing of anti-Christian developments and to
various Turkish radical organizations' activities," he said adding
that these developments make evident that Turkey is not ready to
EU membership.
"Turkey has still a long way to go to learn tolerance to comply with
European standards."
Aysor.am
Friday, October 16
"President Serzh Sargsyan's visit paid to Turkey yesterday concluded
the first phase of Armenian-Turkish relations and opened next one,"
said Prof., Dr. Ruben Safrastyan, Director of Department of Turkish
Studies at Armenian National Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental
Studies, a turkologist.
"The first phase as we all see, has finished culminated by signing
of protocols, next step is theirs ratification."
The phase of ratification, thinks the scientist, will also be complex,
demanding on both sides of efforts and time.
When asked about the incident during the football match in Bursa,
in particular, those of stoned bus with Armenian delegation inside,
Dr. Safrastyan said that the Turkish society's xenophobia increased
over past years.
"This is due to increasing of anti-Christian developments and to
various Turkish radical organizations' activities," he said adding
that these developments make evident that Turkey is not ready to
EU membership.
"Turkey has still a long way to go to learn tolerance to comply with
European standards."