RUSSIA AND US TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON TURKEY NEXT WEEK: RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN
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15:57 ~U 04.02.10
Turkey is delaying the process of normalizing Armenia-Turkey relations
and the ratification of the Protocols and that’s making the U.S.
nervous, said Armenian Center for National and International Studies
(ACNIS) Director Richard Giragosian during a press conference today.
According to Giragosian, if Turkey continues this way, the U.S.
Congress can once again turn its attention to the Armenian Genocide,
not because it’s such an important issue for them, but because they
want to punish Turkey.
"President Obama can use this issue to show that he’s a powerful
leader; he has his principles and he protects that which is right,"
said Giragosian.
The ACNIS Director added that Turkey’s strategy can "strengthen"
the Armenian Genocide issue and the U.S.’s approach on the matter,
which will be against Turkey. In Giragosian’s opinion, this will most
likely be felt in April. The only path out of this dead-end situation,
according to him, is a change in the course of Turkey’s policy.
Giragosian noted that, in the coming week, Russia’s and the U.S.’s
pressure on Turkey will increase, since those countries are attempting
to rush Turkey (ostensibly, in the Protocols ratification process).