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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT' STATEMENT DISTORTED - AGOS WEEKLY EDITOR
Tert.am
29.07.11
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's statement made at his meeting
with the participants in the Armenian Language and Literature Olympiad
in Tsakhkadzor was distorted, which, in turn, caused misinformation,
said Rober Koptas, Editor-in-Chief of the Istanbul-based Agos weekly.
The Armenian leader's statement contained a message about peace and
democracy, he stressed. "In his statement Serzh Sargsyan emphasized
the country's prosperity rather than its area. It was a message of
peace. We think that Sargsyan's statement was distorted by the media.
Before asking his question, a student was speaking of Tigranes the
Great and Armenia under his rule. Then he asked if it was possible for
Armenia to be like Armenia of that period. In his response, President
Sargsyan was speaking of prosperous Armenia, but not of getting
western Armenia or Mount Ararat back. He stressed the fact of reaching
civilized nations' level and said: 'This is your generation's duty.'
President Sargsyan asked the student's question in a diplomatic and
peaceful way. He did not say that 'we have taken Nagorno-Karabakh
and we leave it to you to take Mount Ararat.' President Sargsyan's
message did not at all mean that," Koptas said.
Immediately after the reports on the Armenian leader's meeting with
students, Turkish and Azeri mass media spread the information that
President Serzh Sargsyan allegedly said: "We have taken Nagorno
Karabakh, and we leave it to you to take Mount Ararat."
Official Ankara strongly condemned the Armenian president's statement.
Speaking in Baku, Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan qualified the Armenian
leader' statement as a provocation and demanded that President Serzh
Sargsyan apologize.
The Turkish foreign office issued a strong statement. Using such
expressions is unbecoming to a statesman, a president, the Turkish
premier said. President Sargsyan made a major blunder and must
apologize, Erdogan said at his meeting with Azerbaijani President
Serzh Sargsyan.
Armenian Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan made a statement in connection
with the Ankara-raised clamor. He said that Turkey made an artificial
hysteria over the Armenian leader' statement.
"You know, I have the impression that the Turks have simply not read
the complete answer to the question or that they are just unanimously
voicing what they wish to voice, by clinging to separate sections
of the address. Actually the answer of the president of Armenia to
such a question was serious, comprehensive and quite measured, which,
if not perceived in Turkey, then they simply do not need it. In any
case, the hysteria made is not only artificial, but should also lead
many to conclusions," Sh. Kocharyan told journalists.
At his meeting with participants in the Armenian Language and
Literature Olympiad in Tsakhkadzor Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
responding to a student's question, particularly said that his
generation defended Nagorno-Karabakh from the enemy. "Each generation
has its own duties, and it must be able to perform them well," the
Armenian leader said.
Tert.am
29.07.11
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's statement made at his meeting
with the participants in the Armenian Language and Literature Olympiad
in Tsakhkadzor was distorted, which, in turn, caused misinformation,
said Rober Koptas, Editor-in-Chief of the Istanbul-based Agos weekly.
The Armenian leader's statement contained a message about peace and
democracy, he stressed. "In his statement Serzh Sargsyan emphasized
the country's prosperity rather than its area. It was a message of
peace. We think that Sargsyan's statement was distorted by the media.
Before asking his question, a student was speaking of Tigranes the
Great and Armenia under his rule. Then he asked if it was possible for
Armenia to be like Armenia of that period. In his response, President
Sargsyan was speaking of prosperous Armenia, but not of getting
western Armenia or Mount Ararat back. He stressed the fact of reaching
civilized nations' level and said: 'This is your generation's duty.'
President Sargsyan asked the student's question in a diplomatic and
peaceful way. He did not say that 'we have taken Nagorno-Karabakh
and we leave it to you to take Mount Ararat.' President Sargsyan's
message did not at all mean that," Koptas said.
Immediately after the reports on the Armenian leader's meeting with
students, Turkish and Azeri mass media spread the information that
President Serzh Sargsyan allegedly said: "We have taken Nagorno
Karabakh, and we leave it to you to take Mount Ararat."
Official Ankara strongly condemned the Armenian president's statement.
Speaking in Baku, Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan qualified the Armenian
leader' statement as a provocation and demanded that President Serzh
Sargsyan apologize.
The Turkish foreign office issued a strong statement. Using such
expressions is unbecoming to a statesman, a president, the Turkish
premier said. President Sargsyan made a major blunder and must
apologize, Erdogan said at his meeting with Azerbaijani President
Serzh Sargsyan.
Armenian Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan made a statement in connection
with the Ankara-raised clamor. He said that Turkey made an artificial
hysteria over the Armenian leader' statement.
"You know, I have the impression that the Turks have simply not read
the complete answer to the question or that they are just unanimously
voicing what they wish to voice, by clinging to separate sections
of the address. Actually the answer of the president of Armenia to
such a question was serious, comprehensive and quite measured, which,
if not perceived in Turkey, then they simply do not need it. In any
case, the hysteria made is not only artificial, but should also lead
many to conclusions," Sh. Kocharyan told journalists.
At his meeting with participants in the Armenian Language and
Literature Olympiad in Tsakhkadzor Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
responding to a student's question, particularly said that his
generation defended Nagorno-Karabakh from the enemy. "Each generation
has its own duties, and it must be able to perform them well," the
Armenian leader said.