Artak Shakaryan: Turkey seeks a convenient leader for Armenian community

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minster needed to restore his image after the shameful interview to BBC, an Armenian expert said.

“The meeting with head of the Armenian community Bedros Sirinoglu was a PR action, which, by the way, arouse discontent of the community,” Artak Shakaryan told a news conference in Yerevan.

“The events of 1915 generated a conflict between our nations, which had lived in peace before. We should forget this conflict and look into the future. The Armenian President is of a similar opinion,” TRT quoted Sirinoglu as saying on March 26.

“Turkey seeks a convenient leader for Armenian community, which already feels hostage to the government. Ankara wants to secure itself against appearance of a new Hrant Dink,” Mr. Shakaryan noted

Asked by a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter to comment on the forthcoming election of co-Patriarch of Constantinople, the expert said that the Armenian community has split, some supporting Patriarchal Locum Tenens Aram Ateshyan, the others speaking out for AAC Gugark Diocese head Sepuh Chuljyan.