Yerevan, April 22, Noyan Tapan. The leader of the "Heritage" party Raffi Hovhannissian presented his evaluation of so called Armenian-Turkish football diplomacy during the press-conference on April 17 in Hayastsk club. Mr.Hovhannissian also made some parallels with the Chinese-American "Ping-Pong" diplomacy. According to him, every historical phase has its own logic and there is no need to cherish an illusion state that this is a continuation of the Chinese-American precedent. At least it was symmetry there, and two super-powers used sports to gradually solve their problems. Meanwhile we have asymmetry, the leader of the "Heritage" party said. One side, a dominion, deprived of its compatriots, and the other side officially continuing the policy of denial. "We ought to restore the symmetry. Either we move forward without any precondition, as three presidencies of Armenia suggested with circumspection. Either it is time for everybody to reveal their preconditions and their national questions in the matter of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations", told Raffi Hovhannissian, the leader of the opposition "Heritage" party, deputy of the parliament.

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