Efforts to reach a consensus with Armenia disappeared from our radar after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan surrendered to pressure from Baku. However, the national game to be played against Armenia in Bursa in October will bring the issue back onto our agenda. While Turkey has not been talking about negotiation efforts in recent months, the situation is quite different in Armenia. The issue has been the topic of harsh debate ever since the game played between the national soccer teams of Turkey and Armenia in Yerevan, which President Abdullah Gul attended upon President Serzh Sarksyan’s invitation. Concisely, accusations of “treason” and 's ubmission” are flying through the air. The intensity of debate is rising as we approach the day of the game, and all eyes are watching Sarksyan. Whether he will attend the game in Bursa is a subject met with curiosity. Sarksyan actually reproved this, saying, “There is no point in going if Turkey will not open the border.”
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