The negotiations on Syria held between the Russian and Turkish presidents in Sochi most likely addressed, among other things, the issue of the Syrian Armenians’ security, turkologist Ruben Safrastyan told a news conference on Friday.
“The Armenian issue came out in an interesting way. On the one hand, given the Armenian prime minister’s post it is possible that before the deal struck with Turkey, the Armenian side had succeeded in reaching an agreement with Russia, and the Erdogan-Putin talks lasting about six hours also addressed the Armenian community’s security for instance in Armenian-populated Qamishli,” the expert said.
Safrastyan, who also heads the Institute of Oriental Studies, said when commenting on the agreements reached with Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they had taken into account not only the issues of the Kurds, but also those of the Assyrians and Arabs, not mentioning the Armenians, but, according to the expert, the issue of Armenians may also have been raised during the talks.
"It should be assumed that Turkey has given certain assurances that ...
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