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Political expert: Armenia's response to Turkey was too soft
by Nana Martirosyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, August 3, 15:29
Armenia's response to Turkey was too soft, Head of the Modus Vivendi
Center, political expert Ara Papyan told journalists on Saturday, when
asked to comment on the Aug 1 shooting of a Turkish shepherd on the
Armenian-Turkish border.
"There is evidence that the shepherd was the first to open fire. So,
our response to their charges was too soft. I think such a soft
response to their tough accusations may spoil our image. We should
have replied with a full package of evidence," Papyan said urging the
Russian border guards to show the gun the shepherd used so as to clear
up the case.
Earlier the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the shooting
of 35-year-old Turkish shepherd Mustafa Ulker on the Armenian-Turkish
border and called on Armenia to show "good sense" in its relations
with neighbors. "There is no valid explanation for the excessive use
of Armenian force in such an ordinary event," the Ministry said.
Hurriyet Daily News reported that Ulker crossed the border in an
attempt to retrieve a lost sheep, while Spokesperson of the Frontier
Department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Armenia, Sergey
Grechin, said that Ulker fired at the Russian border guards and then
tried to go deeper into the Armenian territory. The Russian frontier
guards returned the fire and wounded the shepherd.
Spokesman of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan said that
the Armenian Foreign Ministry had extended its condolences over the
death of the shepherd and had expressed hope that no such things would
heppen in the future. Balayan did not specify through what diplomatic
channels the Armenian Foreign Ministry sent the note - for there are
no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey.
From: Baghdasarian
by Nana Martirosyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, August 3, 15:29
Armenia's response to Turkey was too soft, Head of the Modus Vivendi
Center, political expert Ara Papyan told journalists on Saturday, when
asked to comment on the Aug 1 shooting of a Turkish shepherd on the
Armenian-Turkish border.
"There is evidence that the shepherd was the first to open fire. So,
our response to their charges was too soft. I think such a soft
response to their tough accusations may spoil our image. We should
have replied with a full package of evidence," Papyan said urging the
Russian border guards to show the gun the shepherd used so as to clear
up the case.
Earlier the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the shooting
of 35-year-old Turkish shepherd Mustafa Ulker on the Armenian-Turkish
border and called on Armenia to show "good sense" in its relations
with neighbors. "There is no valid explanation for the excessive use
of Armenian force in such an ordinary event," the Ministry said.
Hurriyet Daily News reported that Ulker crossed the border in an
attempt to retrieve a lost sheep, while Spokesperson of the Frontier
Department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Armenia, Sergey
Grechin, said that Ulker fired at the Russian border guards and then
tried to go deeper into the Armenian territory. The Russian frontier
guards returned the fire and wounded the shepherd.
Spokesman of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan said that
the Armenian Foreign Ministry had extended its condolences over the
death of the shepherd and had expressed hope that no such things would
heppen in the future. Balayan did not specify through what diplomatic
channels the Armenian Foreign Ministry sent the note - for there are
no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey.
From: Baghdasarian