ArmInfo.Armenia should at least talk to Turkey, said Andranik Kocharyan, a deputy from the ruling My Step faction, chairman of the Standing Parliamentary Commission on Defense and Security of the National Assembly, commenting on the statements of the authorities about the need to "be friends" with Turkey.
"I have always said that we should talk to Turkey, even during the first war (the war in Artsakh, ed.), we talked to them. Even Ter-Petrosyan (the first President of the Republic of Armenia, ed.)", - attended the funeral of Ozal (the eighth president of Turkey, ed.), I-being the commandant of Meghri, conducted a dialogue with the Foreign Ministry of Nakhichevan. If we do not talk, others will speak instead of us, " he said.
According to him, it is always necessary to maintain a dialogue, even former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a dialogue in the form of football diplomacy. "This is also normal, it is always better to speak on the agenda than to shoot. I think that our foreign ministry should find answers on how to do this, " said Andranik Kocharyan.