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Shushan Stepanyan

Sos Sargsyan - "The Turks have always been our enemy"

22_04-s_sargsyan1At an ARF sponsored roundtable discussion of Armenian-Turkish relations noted actor Sos Sargsyan commented that the Turks have historically been the enemy of the Armenian people and that they continue to be. "They have only one issue confronting them - to erase Armenians from the map," Mr. Sargsyan commented, adding that, "Gul comes to Armenia and we greet him like he's our long lost uncle or something." The actor described the present negotiations as a diplomatic game. "600,000 copies of a DVD are being distributed in Turkish schools portraying Armenians as committing acts of violence against the Turkish people. Twelve million Turkish school children have watched this anti-Armenian film. What kind of game are they playing at. We need to ask Mr. Gul why he is distributing this film and what kind of Turkish citizens he is preparing for the future. Armenians shouldn't be playing politics. If we Armenians lose sight of our history then we have no future. We've played the diplomatic game for too long. We're all over the map - Russia, Europe, the West, the East. We don't have the gift of playing this game and we don't need to." Sos Sargsyan asked what Armenia would gain from the opening of the Turksih border. He stated that he didn't agree with President Sargsyan's opinion that Armenian businesmen would benefit. "The opening of the border will signify the beginning of the end for us," proclaimed the actor. Mr. Sargsyan referred to a quote made by Sultan Abdul Hamid in which the Ottoman leader, known as the "Bloody Sultan",  said that however strong the weapons of the enemy, the weapon of the Turks will be the cushy pillow. "It's an amazingly true statement that describes them to a tee. Yes, they always resorted to using a soft pillow. I deeply believe that today the Turks have been able to deceive the world once again by saying - 'Look, we are friends, etc. So don't utter the genocide word'. I, for one, am convinced that Obama will not utter the word genocide," stated Mr. Sargsyan. ARF member Artzvik Minasyan noted that the matter of reconstituing the fatherland was absent from any documents today. "I am a descendant of that generation of Genocide survivors. I am a descendant of that generation that possessed a large fatherland. Naturally, I come to the table with demands."

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