Armenian students pressed Turkish ambassador

On November 9 at the US Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Taft’s University the Turkish Ambassador to Canada Rafet Akgünay read a lecture. The latter was the general counselor in political issues of the Turkish Prime Minister Rejep Tayyip Erdogan.

The lecture that he read was titled “Turkey and the Near East”, but he also spoke about the present stage of the Armenian – Turkish relations. In particular he told that the ratification of the Armenian – Turkish protocols are suspended because the official Yerevan has problems both inside the country and with the Diaspora and is unable to perform political will to ratify the protocols.

The Armenian students that were present at the lecture reminded the Turkish ambassador that the US State Secretary as well as other representatives of international community have noticed for many times that the ball was in Turkish field, and asked him not to mislead the audience. The Armenian students have also touched upon the steps that Turkey undertakes for denying the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish ambassador could find no answer.

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (also referred to as The Fletcher School) at Tufts University is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies in international affairs. It is regarded as one of the world's foremost schools of international affairs.