YEREVAN. – An invitation to Turkey's president Erdogan to visit Armenian next year was rather a challenge, ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Giro Manoyan told reporters.

The fact that Turkey has not acknowledged the fact of invitation so far means the Turkish side was not expecting such a move.

“Representatives of Turkish society should participate in the events commemorating Armenian Genocide victims,” Manoyan said.

He did not rule out that Turkey will make some steps to confront Armenian initiatives.

“We must create an atmosphere that would reveal what we mean by saying recognition and compensation,” he added.