ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS RATIFICATION IN COMA
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.12.2009 20:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian-Turkish protocols ratification process is
in a coma and the fact that Armenia is preparing to recognize them
invalid may strike a final blow to the process of normalization of
relations between the two countries, Turkish analyst Omer TaÅ~_pınar
said. According to him, Ankara may use it as a convenient excuse
to persuade the world community that the Armenian side wrecked
the process. However, it is not realistic, since the problem has a
"Washington-front" as well.
"If Serzh Sargsyan withdraws a signature, then in Washington all
charges will be brought against the Turkish side. U.S. will conclude
that the Turkish authorities have linked the Armenian-Turkish protocols
with the Karabakh settlement. In this regard asesments of Washington
and Yerevan are identical: opening of the Armenian-Turkish border and
establishment of diplomatic relations are in no way connected with
the Karabakh settlement. Meanwhile, Ankara use the issue of Karabakh
as a precondition for political purposes," TaÅ~_pınar wrote.
"In order to avoid establishing any connection between Karabakh
settlement and the Armenian-Turkish processes, Yerevan even more will
stay on his ground. In the U.S. Congress the process of recognition
of the Armenian Genocide will develop at a greater force, and Obama,
in turn, will be in a quandary," the Turkish expert wrote.
"Let Yerevan and Ankara present for ratification to their parliaments
only one of the protocols, " Omer TaÅ~_pınar concluded, the newspaper
Sabah wrote.
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