April Fools!
Yes folks, as most people who commented correctly guessed, we tried to trick you with an April Fool's Day prank. I believe this was the first such Armenian online April 1 joke, and I hope most of you had fun with it, since that was the spirit of the gag :-)
Coincidentally, and not a joke (it is after all April 2! and you can actually check this one on Asbarez Online) is the little blurb I found on Groong today about this very issue. So if we report on this in a week or a month, it won't be a joke. I would really love to know what was actually said, especially about the genocide, since this is quite vague and I can't imagine Fried actually used the word genocide.
Coincidentally, and not a joke (it is after all April 2! and you can actually check this one on Asbarez Online) is the little blurb I found on Groong today about this very issue. So if we report on this in a week or a month, it won't be a joke. I would really love to know what was actually said, especially about the genocide, since this is quite vague and I can't imagine Fried actually used the word genocide.
Ankara May Soon Open Its Borders with Armenia, Says Daniel Fried
WASHINGTON, DC (Armenpress)--Daniel Fried, the US Assistant State Secretary on Eurasian and European affairs, said after his visit to the South Caucasus that "Ankara may open its borders with Armenia in a short period of time."
According to Turkish "Aksham," Fried said that during his meetings in Ankara he discussed the issue of opening the Turkish-Armenian border and told the Turkish government that the US demands the border be opened.
Fried also mentioned the issue of the Armenian genocide, saying that works is being done to make Turkey come into terms with its history.
posted by Raffi K. at 11:33 AM
2 Comments:
hahahahahaha- not so funny!
I read this blog religiously... and after reading the post, ill admit I thought it was a prank. However after reading your comments, as well as Myrthes page, I fell for it. Even though I searched numerous times for some accurate info on google, my friend and I thought the border actually opened. We began jumping up and down, and planning how we will go to akhtamar this summer while in armenia!! We called our fathers at the armenian community centre.. to tell them the news.. and they im certain did not keep this info to themselves. I still havent had the courage to call him and tell him I got fooled!
Good job guys, glad to see you all still have the north american spirit! abrik
North American spirit?!
People, April 1 is an official, bank holiday in Armenia. It's called laughter and humor day. Now, let's put that in our North American pipes and smoke it.
I actually did have nightmare scenarios of community centers starting to spread the news quicker than AP Wire.
Glad you had a laugh or two.
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