YEREVAN. – The flight between Yerevan, Armenia, and Van, Turkey, did not pursue any political objectives yet the Turkish authorities attempted to politicize it. Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences Institute of Orientology Director, turkologist Ruben Safrastyan told this to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“By canceling the Yerevan-Van flight, the Turkish authorities tried to put political pressure on Armenia yet again, [and] with an intention to isolate our country,” the turkologist maintained.    

In his words, in this way Turkey wishes to show that solely it decides on the forms of communication with Armenia.  

“This certainly runs counter to the Turkish party’s statements on normalizing relations with Armenia, and Turkey’s latest moves attest to this fact,” Safrastyan said, and added that the other countries likewise must come to understand that Turkey is doing everything to continue its enforcement policy against Armenia.