Tigran Balayan
Armenia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan has accused Recep Tayyip Erdogan of blatant lies during an interview with Euronews at the weekend.
“Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is openly lying. Armenia has done everything to meet its commitments,” Balayan said, referring to the protocols on rapprochement signed by Armenia and Turkey on 10 October in Zurich.
Asked about the Armenian Constitutional Court’s ruling on the protocols, Erdogan said in the Euronews interview, "Well, we appear to have got off to an unhealthy start. What are we negotiating about? What are we going to do? Armenia should once again take this into consideration, because we fulfilled our protocol commitments. Both sides have road maps. The process will continue. We are fully prepared and sincere, and will proceed in the same way as we have so far."
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