Turks threat to 'bury' Armenian climbers on Mountain Ararat

President of Trade and Industry Chamber of the Turkish province Agri has made a harsh statement about a group of Armenians who recently climbed Mountain Ararat, reports Turkish news agency Ankara.

Mehmet Erat said that the news about the climbing is baseless. “But if it is true, the inhabitants of Agri express their concerns,” Mr Erat was reported as saying.

“We would like to believe that those allegations are groundless. But if the news reflect the reality, we know well how to remove the Armenian flag and to raise the Turkish one on Mountain Ararat from Armenia’s side,” said he.

“The Agri inhabitants would have buried those climbers, if they knew that,” he added.

Earlier 11 eleven Diasporan Armenian from South California, New Jersey, Fresno and Canada climbed Mountain Ararat and erected Armenia’s and Karabakh’s flags on the summit.