Armenia should have long ago declared its unwillingness to be present in football match between Armenian and Turkish national teams since Ankara failed to keep its promise, thus torpedoing Armenian-Turkish normalization talks,an Armenian politician from nationalist political party Dashnaktsutyun.
Head of Dashnak PartyKiro Manoyan told today a news conference that Turkey wants to pretend it is “conducting a dialogue.” Yerevan is required to announce there is no dialogue between Turkey and Armenia, he stated.
“Armenian-Turkish border will not open till October 14 as Yerevan and Ankara will not manage to sign agreement by then. Document formulation and agreement signing will take much time, whereas match is going to take place in 60 days,” he said.
During the joint conference with his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadić, President Sargsyan said he’d go to Trukey to watch Armenia-Turkey return football match only in case the border is open or parties are in the
Return match between Armenian and Turkish national football teams is scheduled for October 14, in Bursa, in the football stadium after Atatürk.
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