Author: Babajanian Karo

HRANT’S FRIENDS CALL ON STATE TO PUNISH PERPETRATORS

Today’s Zaman

Jan 31 2012
Turkey

In their ongoing search for justice, a group of people who identify
themselves as “Hrant’s Friends” released a press statement on Tuesday
calling on the government to punish the perpetrators in the 2007 murder
of journalist Hrant Drink, a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent.

Civil society was outraged when the Ä°stanbul 14th High Criminal Court
issued its ruling in the 25th hearing of the Dink case this month,
ending a five-year trial. The main suspects, Yasin Hayal and Erhan
Tuncel, as well as all other suspects were cleared of charges of
membership in a terrorist organization. Tuncel was given 10 years,
six months for an unrelated McDonald’s bombing in 2004.

Tuncel was previously a police informant, but was accused of being
an instigator of the Dink murder. He said the murder was the work
of Ergenekon, a clandestine organization whose alleged members are
currently standing trial in court cases on charges of plotting to
overthrow the government.

The late editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, Dink
was shot dead on Jan. 19, 2007 by an ultranationalist teenager, Ogun
Samast, outside the offices of his newspaper in Ä°stanbul in broad
daylight. Evidence discovered since then has led to claims that the
murder was linked to the “deep state,” a term used in reference to
a shady group of military and civilian bureaucrats believed to have
links to criminal elements.

Reading the press statement on behalf of Hrant’s Friends, journalist
Umit Kıvanc stated:

“The government says: We did everything the judiciary demanded of us.

And we say: It’s shameful to say that because, first of all, there
have been so many things that you could have done but did not. Second,
the court was scandalous not because of its verdict but because of the
way it was set up from the beginning. You did not do the things that
were required of you. All of the officials who destroyed evidence,
forged documents, altered documents, made fun of the lawyers who
have been trying hard to make their voices heard during the trial,
they are all your employees. Had you given real support to justice,
none of these disgraceful events would have occurred. You managed to
achieve something unbelievable, being an accomplice, in the act that
appears to have targeted your government. Congratulations.”

The statement then provided examples of what was not done in the
trial. The group also gave the names of top officials who allegedly
engaged in gross negligence of duty in the process that led to
Dink’s murder.

“No doubt, we should start with MÄ°T [the National Intelligence
Organization]. No information came out from the state’s most important
intelligence agency regarding the murder of Hrant Dink. When the court
demanded information from them, they said, ‘We have no information.’ A
serious government would ask how come they don’t have any information
in that regard,” the statement said.

The statement also said it became clear that Trabzon police had tapped
the phone lines of some suspects and even physically followed them,
but when the court asked for those records, the Trabzon police said
they did not tap any phone lines in relation to the murder:

“However, the police chief said Trabzon did do it. When their lies
came out, Trabzon police said they erased those records. Some of the
records that could be acquired they forged.”

The statement also mentioned the Ä°stanbul Police Department’s deletion
of video footage around the murder site:

“The Ä°stanbul Police Department’s actions in relation to the
assassination of Hrant Dink are scandalous. Concealing the notification
of the planned murder and then forging documents would be enough. All
of that remained unpunished. Fine. Ä°stanbul police destroyed video
footage of the crime scene on the day of the murder. …

Did the interior minister and the prime minister ask anyone about
what happened and why that footage was deleted?”

The statement goes on to provide more examples, resistance from the
Telecommunications Directorate (TÄ°B) as it for years failed to provide
the court the records of phone conversations of suspects and the
deletion of Tuncel’s MSN conversation records by the Ä°stanbul police.

Hrant’s Friends point out “untouchable” officials allegedly responsible
for Dink’s murder:

Muammer Guler, who was the governor of Ä°stanbul at the time and
currently a lawmaker, is listed as being responsible because Dink was
threatened by two MİT officials, Ozel Yılmaz and Handan Selcuk,
at the office of Deputy Governor Ergun Gungör. Other individuals
listed as being responsible for Dink’s assassination include Osmaniye
Governor Celalettin Cerrah, who was the Ä°stanbul chief of police at
the time of the murder; Ahmet Ä°lhan Guler, then head of intelligence
at the Ä°stanbul Police Department; ReÅ~_at Altay, then Trabzon police
chief; Engin Dinc, then head of intelligence at the Trabzon Police
Department and the man who told the Ä°stanbul Police Department that
Dink was going to be killed; police officers Faruk Sarı, Ozkan Mumcu,
Muhittin Zenit and Mehmet Ayhan, who were in direct contact with Tuncel
at the Trabzon Police Department; Ä°stanbul police officers Ä°brahim
Pala, Ä°brahim Å~^evki Eldivan, Volkan Altınbulak, Bahadır Tekin and
Ozcan Ozkan, who forged documents; Ali Oz, the then commander of the
Trabzon Gendarmerie Command, who covered up information regarding
plans to murder Dink; and Ramazan Akyurek, who was the chief of
police in Trabzon when Tuncel was made an informant and who held
the same position when the information regarding the planned Dink
assassination reached his office.

“They get angry with us when we say the state is a murderer. However,
they have been making fun of us for five years as we have not given
into our anger. These words are not statements made out of anger. They
are an expression of the situation. Come and do something different
and we will never use that word again. Can you do that?” the statement
said in conclusion.

TURKEY’S CHALLENGE TO FRENCH CO-CHAIRMANSHIP

Today’s Zaman
Jan 31 2012
Turkey

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu has spoken out once again
in opposition of France remaining part of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, following its adoption
of a law criminalizing the denial of the 1915 Armenian ‘genocide.’

On CNN Turk’s Egrisi Dogrusu program, Davutoglu declared that either
France should resign its co-chairmanship or Turkey should be made a
co-chair. This follows President Abdullah Gul’s proposal that France
end its involvement in the mediation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
given that through this bill, it has renounced its neutrality. During
the program, leading journalist Taha Akyol asked whether Azerbaijanis
will call upon France to leave the Minsk Group.

In fact, Azerbaijan has on multiple occasions questioned the Minsk
Group’s efforts on the resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; there
has already been discussion of France’s position in the Minsk Group,
as well as the possibility of bringing in Turkey as co-chair. In the
recent protest against the French bill, Azerbaijani youth demanded
France leave the Minsk Group. There is a strong belief among the
Azerbaijani public that France is not neutral and that any future
promises of objectivity are tempered by this new law. The key question
today, in my opinion, is not simply the neutrality of the group’s
co-chairs. There is a complex matrix of demands and alliances at play,
including the suggested exclusion of France, challenges to the Minsk
Group’s role in the resolution process and the possible inclusion
of Turkey.

The Minsk Group since its inception has almost exclusively focused
on peacemaking — i.e. efforts toward achieving an agreement rather
than a comprehensive solution. Following the 2004 Prague Process,
more space was given to direct talks between the conflict parties.

Disappointed that the Minsk Group had not achieved even a basic outline
of a conflict resolution strategy, the Azerbaijani public was and
remains skeptical of the three OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries’
objectivity. The Kazan meeting in June 2011, held before the official
meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group, was the most promising meeting
to date. It seems perhaps the OSCE Minsk Group never really served
as an effective mediator. It lacks the necessary carrot-and-stick
policies to actually persuade the parties to make concessions. During
the negotiation process, both sides on occasion accused the OSCE of
being biased.

Under these circumstances, anyone might question the effectiveness
of the current framework for negotiations. Questioning the neutrality
of France or other Minsk Group co-chairs is in fact coming very late
in the game — the world’s largest and most influential Armenian
communities are concentrated in the three co-chair countries of
the current OSCE Minsk Group. The US, despite initial opposition
from the State Department, provides direct financial aid to the
separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia is Armenia’s main
military and political ally, and France, with its traditional strong
cultural and social relations with Armenia, is its main lobbyist in
the European arena. Russia was and still is something of an unknown
quantity with regard to this conflict; in some situations, it has
acted in support of Armenia, while in other cases, it has strongly
advocated for peaceful conflict resolution. The US policy towards
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has always been pulled in opposing
directions, with its domestic politics (the influence of the Armenian
diaspora) in conflict with its economic and strategic interests in
the Caspian region. France has never had much incentive to act as
an honest broker in terms of eliciting Armenian concessions, which
would dissatisfy French-Armenians.

In this regard, i.e. if the current negotiations under the Minsk Group
format do not seem to be geared towards genuine conflict resolution, is
it time to be discussing Turkey’s inclusion? Even if Azerbaijan were to
propose such a plan, there are a number of obstacles that preclude it.

Firstly, none of the current mediators can afford to withdraw or
terminate the mediation efforts under the current format. Their
national interests are at stake, and they are not keen to initiate
another mediator. Secondly, Armenia as direct party to the conflict
has always opposed Turkey’s involvement in the resolution process
and strongly objects to the possibility of Turkey taking on the role
of co-chair.

I asked this question to Gerard Libaridian, former senior adviser to
Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrossian and current professor in the
history department at the University of Michigan, who said: “Ahmet
Davutoglu has always struck me as a most intelligent and visionary
statesman. It is unfortunate that he is increasingly grounding that
vision in failed experiments in history, for example the late Ottoman
Empire with its failed reforms and the consequences of those willful
failures, as well as the more recent Minsk Group process, which can
best be characterized as still-born mediation.”

Thirdly, current negotiations under the auspices of the Minsk Group
are not doing enough to change the perceptions of the warring parties,
to transform their “zero-sum game” mentalities to visions of a win-win
solution, a shift that is essential to the solution of the conflict.

In this respect, it is also important to bear in mind that Turkey’s
inclusion in the Minsk Group could be good opportunity to reinvigorate
the negotiations, but it is almost certain that not only would Armenia
directly oppose such a proposal, the other Minsk Group countries
would say — diplomatically — there is “no need to change the
existing format.”

For these reasons, opening the debate on France’s exclusion or
Turkey’s inclusion will not be productive and is not something that
Azerbaijan can do. It would be naïve to believe Azerbaijan could
present a considerable challenge to France’s co-chair position;
the co-chairs were specially appointed by the OSCE at the Budapest
Summit in December 1994 to lead the Minsk group.

To return to the question of the new French law, Turkey has tried to
recruit 60 French MPs to ask the constitutional council to examine the
bill to determine whether it is constitutional. If Turkey succeeds in
blocking the bill, will Ankara still push for France’s abdication of
its Minsk Group seat? I think Ankara’s energy could be best directed
towards challenging the Minsk Group’s role in the resolution process;
in any case, due to the forthcoming elections in all three Minsk
Group co-chair countries as well as Armenia, most of us have already
accepted that 2012 is a lost year.

TURKEY’S POLICY OF PETULANT BOY CREATES LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT COUNTRY

ARMENPRESS
JANUARY 31, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: The adoption of the bill penalizing
the denial of the Armenian Genocide by the France’s Senate is
a response to Turkey which is trying to speak in a language of
ultimatum. Turkologist Levon Hovsepyan noted that the threats voiced by
Turkey addressed to France will first of all harm Turkey in political
and economic respects. “Turkey is in a complicated situation connected
with Iran as well. On one hand it cannot ignore Iran and on the other
the West,” the Turkologist said. Turkey is trying to hold a double
game for its own security. “The policy of that country is like the
behavior of a petulant boy. Its opportunities are quite limited,”
Hovsepyan said.

He stressed that in reality Turkey can do nothing as there are fixed
borders which it does not have right to cross.

RENCONTRE TRIPARTITE SARKISSIAN-ALIEV-MEDVEDEV A SOTCHI
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 31 janvier 2012

Ce sommet domine egalement l’actualite de la journee. La presse
reproduit le texte integral de la declaration des Presidents, a l’issue
de cette rencontre, dans laquelle l’Armenie et l’Azerbaïdjan s’engagent
a intensifier leurs efforts en vue de parvenir a un accord sur les
principes de base du règlement du conflit du HK. Serge Sarkissian
et Ilham Aliev ont souligne, en vue de cet objectif, l’importance
des discussions relatives a la conclusion d’un accord de paix juste
fonde sur de tels principes. Les deux Presidents ont aussi evoque
la question de la creation d’une procedure d’investigation sur les
violations du cessez-le-feu, telle qu’elle avait ete proposee par
les copresidents du Groupe de Minsk. La declaration commune fait de
meme etat de ” progrès ” enregistres a la faveur des negociations
sous l’egide de la Russie. Par ailleurs, les Presidents d’Armenie
et d’Azerbaïdjan encouragent les liens entre les intellectuels et
representants de la societe civile des deux pays. Rappelons que
de tels echanges ont ete organises a l’initiative des Ambassadeurs
d’Armenie et d’Azerbaïdjan en Russie. Des intellectuels armeniens,
azerbaïdjanais et karabaghtsis ont effectue des visites a Erevan,
Bakou et Stepanakert. Lors d’un point de presse, le Ministre russe
des AE Lavrov a note que les deux parties ont demande a la Russie
de contribuer a la consolidation de ces ” liens humanitaires “. Il
a en outre indique que de nombreuses questions devaient encore etre
reglees avant que les parties en conflit soient en mesure de signer
un document sur les principes de base. M. Lavrov a toutefois precise
que les leaders armeniens et azerbaïdjanais etaient tombes d’accord
sur le fait qu’il fallait ” renoncer aux positions maximalistes ”
pour parvenir a progresser dans le processus de paix.

La presse armenienne se montre très sceptique quant aux resultats
de ce sommet et aux engagements d’Ilham Aliev, puisque l’experience
a montre, selon Azg, qu’il y a loin des engagements souscrits aux
actions du President azerbaïdjanais.

” MERCI LA FRANCE ! “, ” BRAVO LA FRANCE ! ”
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 31 janvier 2012

Tels sont les principaux titres parus dans la presse armenienne qui,
en depit de l’heure tardive pour Erevan du vote, y consacre sa ” une
“. La seance du Senat a ete retransmise en direct sur deux chaînes
de television armenienne, Yerkir Media, chaîne du parti Dachnak,
et ArmNews. Le Ministre des AE, Edouard Nalbandian, a exprime sa
reconnaissance ” au President de la Republique, au Senat, a l’Assemblee
nationale, au Gouvernement et au peuple ami francais “.

Cette loi constitue la suite logique, selon lui, de la loi sur la
reconnaissance du genocide armenien adoptee en 2001. ” Ce jour sera
inscrit en lettres d’or dans l’histoire de l’amitie des peuples
francais et armenien, mais aussi dans les annales de la defense
des droits de l’Homme dans le monde, completant les mecanismes de
prevention des crimes contre l’humanite existants “. Selon le chef
de la diplomatie armenienne, la France a ainsi confirme son rôle de
defenseur desinteresse des valeurs humaines.

Commentaires de presse

D’après le pro-gouvernemental Hayots Achkhar, le 23 janvier 2012
restera dans l’histoire en tant que date d'” internalisation ” de
la Cause armenienne, puisque l’Europe, en l’occurrence la France,
a pris une mesure importante visant a mettre un terme aux tentatives
de la Turquie de devoiler un crime. Ce quotidien estime que ” qui dit
l’Europe, dit la France, celle-ci etant le c~ur et l’âme de l’Europe
” et relève que tout ce qui est interdit en France, est finalement
interdit en Europe. Ce quotidien rend compte de la manifestation des
Turcs venus de tous les coins de l’Europe devant le Senat et note qu'”
elle rappelait une croisade turque vers le c~ur de l’Europe “. Le
comportement des manifestants turcs a prouve une fois de plus que ”
le Turc reste turc meme dans les milieux les plus civilises du monde “.

Le quotidien Azg se concentre plus sur les reactions d’Ankara ayant
menace Paris de nouvelles mesures de retorsion et estime que quelles
que soient ces menaces, avant de soumettre la proposition de loi a
l’AN, puis au Senat, les autorites francaises ont dû scrupuleusement
calculer les effets de son adoption. Ce quotidien rappelle que meme
le Ministre turc de l’Economie a reconnu que la Turquie ne saurait
appliquer des sanctions economiques contre la France. Ce que peut faire
la Turquie, selon ce quotidien, c’est de restreindre la cooperation
politique, militaire et strategique avec la France. Mais comme la
France est l’un des principaux acteurs de l’UE, la Turquie ne saurait
l’ignorer longtemps. Aravot relève que grâce a la transmission en
direct des debats, l’on a ete temoin d’un vrai travail parlementaire,
des discours professionnels des senateurs, de leur attitude civilisee
et du respect qu’ils manifestaient vis-a-vis de leurs collègues. Ce
quotidien rend plutôt compte de manière factuelle des arguments
qu’evoquaient les senateurs, en faveur ou contre la loi.

Le quotidien d’opposition Jamanak, qui se dit convaincu que le
President Sarkozy signera la loi, fait l’eloge de la France qui,
sur la question du genocide armenien, a fait preuve d’une approche de
principe, ne cedant pas aux chantages et menaces turcs. L’adoption de
cette loi a provoque l’enthousiasme de la societe armenienne. Tout en
partageant cet enthousiasme, l’editorialiste invite toutefois a ne pas
se livrer trop aux emotions, puisque la loi adoptee n’est pas le fruit
d’emotions, mais d’une politique pragmatique et calculee que mène la
France, grand maître de la diplomatie. L’auteur de l’article relève
que, bien de l’adoption de la loi creee des defis pour l’Armenie en
ce qui concerne ses relations avec la Turquie, elle creee aussi de
nouvelles opportunites pour man~uvrer et defendre ses interets. ”
Independamment de tout, il faut remercier le Parlement, le gouvernement
et le peuple francais pour ce grand soutien envers le peuple armenien
et sa douleur, bien que l’on soit aussi conscient du rôle qu’ont joue
les interets politiques “. Un autre quotidien d’opposition, Hraparak,
estime que toute l’attention du peuple armenien a travers le monde
a ete tournee hier vers Paris, la question du genocide etant une
question très subtile et sensible pour les Armeniens. Le quotidien
Joxovurd, quant a lui, note dans son editorial que la France a une
fois de plus prouve qu’elle demeure le porteur des plus hautes
valeurs et idees humaines. ” Il est a esperer que d’autres pays
suivront prochainement l’exemple de la France. Merci, la France
!! “, conclut le journal. ” Nicolas Sarkozy a tenu sa promesse
“, ecrit Novoye Vremia, indiquant que la France est devenue donc
le troisième pays, après la Suisse et la Slovaquie, où le deni du
genocide armenien sera desormais punissable. Ce journal russophone,
ainsi que Golos Armenii, se concentre davantage sur les discours
des senateurs, notant que certains parmi eux etaient influences par
le lobby turc. Golos Armenii reproduit a la ” une ” des extraits de
l’article de Valerie Boyer paru dans les ” Nouvelles d’Armenie “,
intitule ” Pourquoi faut-il penaliser le deni des genocides ? “.

Titres ” Le Senat a adopte la loi penalisant le deni des genocides :
la reaction de la Turquie n’y a pas fait obstacle “- Azg

” Un ” oui ” decisif de la France : le Senat penalise la negation du
genocide armenien “- Hayastani Hanrapetoutioun

” Le Senat francais a penalise la negation du genocide [armenien]
“- Aravot

” Merci la France ! “- Joxovurd

” Bravo Paris ! “- Novoye Vremia

” C’est ce que demandait la dignite de la France “, ” Valerie Boyer :
j’espère que nous irons jusqu’au bout “- Golos Armenii

Ambassade de France en Armenie

Service de presse

ARMENIAN MIDFIELDER MAY JOIN RUSSIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

NEWS.AM
January 31, 2012 | 16:42

Midfielder of Armenian national team and FC Pyunik Arthur Yedigaryan
is currently participating in trainings with Moscow’s FC Khimki held
in Turkey. Yedigaryan left for Turkey on Monday.

The football player told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am that
Khimki will finish the trainings on February 5, after which his
position in the club will be clear. Before that Khimki will play test
matches against Moscow’s Torpedo and Saint Petersburg’s Petrotrest.

During these matches Yedigaryan will play for Khimki.

To add, Currently Khimki plays in Russia’s Premier League. Player of
Armenia’s youth national team Artak Aleksanyan also plays for Khimki,
while goalkeeper Roman Berezovski has dissolved his contract with
the club.

“KAROT” CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

04:40 pm | Today | Social

The “Karot” Armenian Folk Dance Ensemble celebrated its 10th
anniversary in Lerdam, Holland. The event was held with the
participation of representatives of the Armenian communities of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands and adjacent countries, as well as
honorable guests from Armenia and the United States.

Throughout the years, “Karot” has gained the love and sympathy of
Armenians across Europe and its hundreds of concerts have made the
Ensemble become the unique symbol of the preservation of Armenian
culture in Europe.

PRESIDENT OF FRANCE NOT TO ALLOW VIOLATION OF MEMORY OF VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

ARMENPRESS
JANUARY 31, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS: President of France Nicolas Sarkozy
will not allow to disrespect the memory of the victims of the Armenian
Genocide. Citing Nouvelles d’Armenie, Armenpress reports that this
was the answer from the Elysee Palace in response to the member of
the ARF Armenian Cause office asking to facilitate the ratification
of the bill penalizing the denial of genocides by the French President.

“President of France is quite resolute in keeping the memory of the
victims of the Armenian Genocide from denial violations,” the official
response says.

The letter also stresses the commitment of President of France to the
development of Armenian-French ties, which are being reinforced more
with the contribution of the heirs of the victims of the Armenian
Genocide to the development of France.

REVUE DE PRESSE
Génocide arménien : Cette loi nuit aux intérêts de la France

Le député UMP Axel Poniatowski est président de la commission des
Affaires étrangères de l’Assemblée. Pour Metro, il revient sur la
pénalisation de la négation du génocide arménien.

La loi pénalisant la négation du génocide arménien suscite des
réactions outrées de la Turquie. Que vous inspire- t-elle ? Cette loi
n’est pas indispensable. Autant nous avons eu raison en 2002 de voter
la reconnaissance du génocide arménien, autant celle-ci me paraît
aller trop loin dans le dispositif des lois mémorielles : ce n’est pas
aux parlementaires de légiférer sur ces sujets, qui sont du domaine
des historiens. La France n’a pas à voter des lois sur des événements
qui se sont produits à l’étranger.

Craignez-vous de nouvelles sanctions économiques de la Turquie ?

Il est clair que cela ne va pas améliorer nos relations. Jusqu’à
présent, elles étaient un peu difficiles sur le plan politique, mais
excellentes sur le plan économique. Maintenant, on entre dans une
situation où toutes les relations vont être compliquées. C’est
regrettable. Tout cela n’est pas utile pour la France et nuit à nos
intérêts car la Turquie est un partenaire important.

La presse turque dénonce une loi électoraliste…

Qu’il y ait des vues électoralistes, compte tenu de l’importance de la
diaspora arménienne en France, est évident. Il est d’autant plus
facile de confirmer cet aspect des choses qu’on est dans une loi
paritaire, portée par l’UMP à l’Assemblée et par le PS au Sénat.

Nicolas Sarkozy a quinze jours pour promulguer la loi. Qu’attendez-vous de lui ?

Il me semble qu’il n’a plus le choix maintenant que la loi a été votée
par le Parlement. La sagesse serait peut-être, comme nous sommes à un
mois de la fermeture du Parlement, qu’on ne se précipite pas pour la
promulguer. Ou, pourquoi pas, que l’on remette le sujet à l’ordre du
jour de la prochaine mandature. Il y a beaucoup de lois qui, une fois
votée n’ont jamais été promulguées.

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dimanche 29 janvier 2012,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

TURQUIE-FRANCE
« La France doit se retirer de la co-présidence du Groupe de Minsk de
l’OSCE » dit Davutoglu

Lors d’une interview télévisée, Ahmet Davutoglu le chef de la
diplomatie turque a déclaré qu’après le vote de la loi de pénalisation
par le Sénat, la France devrait quitter la co-présidence du Groupe de
Minsk de l’OSCE pour son « absence d’impartialité » sur le règlement
du conflit du Haut Karabagh. Selon le ministre turc des Affaires
étrangères, Ankara comprend le rôle des autres co-présidents que sont
les Etats Unis et la Russie, mais « ne comprend pas » celui de la
France. « Le conflit entre l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan a des
conséquences sur la Russie et la Turquie. Sarkozy est resté 2 jours en
Arménie et seulement 2 heures en Azerbaïdjan. Dans ces conditions il
n’est pas possible d’effectuer une médiation normale entre les deux
pays. Ou la Turquie intègre la co-présidence du Groupe de Minsk ou la
France se retire » dit A. Davutoglu. La Turquie coupable non jugé du
génocide de 1,5 million d’Arméniens entre 1915 et 1923 est-elle
impartiale dans le conflit qui oppose l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan ?

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 29 janvier 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com