Haykakan Zhamanak: ECHR Judge’s EURO 13,000 Salary Not Of Interest T

HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ECHR JUDGE’S EURO 13,000 SALARY NOT OF INTEREST TO ARMENIAN CANDIDATES?

08:55 * 18.09.14

No candidates from Armenia have applied to the Ministry of Justice to
participate in the recently announced contest for a judge representing
the country at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Alvina Gulumyan, the incumbent judge who receives a monthly salary of
EURO 13,000, will soon return as a member of the Constitutional Court
(with a salary of 850,000 Armenians Drams or approx. EURO 1,600),
says the paper, adding that the seeming indifference is only deceptive.

The paper claims that candidates will be registered in the coming
couple of days, expressing hope that the selected candidate will be
really the one who deserves the assigned salary.

Armenian News – Tert.am

UN Human Rights Body Stops Azerbaijan Visit Citing Official Obstruct

UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY STOPS AZERBAIJAN VISIT CITING OFFICIAL OBSTRUCTION

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

The flag of the United Nations

BAKU–The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
has decided to suspend its visit to Azerbaijan due to obstructions it
encountered in carrying out its mandate under the Optional Protocol to
the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), to which Azerbaijan is a party.

The delegation was prevented from visiting several places where people
are detained and was barred from completing its work at other sites,
despite repeated attempts to do so and assurances of unrestricted
access to all places of deprivation of liberty by Azerbaijani
authorities.

As a result of these serious breaches of Azerbaijan’s obligations under
the Optional Protocol, the delegation concluded that the integrity of
its visit, scheduled to run from Sept. 8 to 17, had been compromised
to such an extent that it had to be suspended.

The delegation members halted their work on Sept. 14, but some
members remained in Azerbaijan to seek further engagement with the
Azerbaijani authorities on the basis of the information currently at
their disposal. The head of the delegation, Aisha Shujune Muhammad,
met the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs on Sept. 16.

The SPT expects Azerbaijan to abide by its international obligations
under the Optional Protocol and enter into a constructive dialogue
with the SPT with the view to preventing torture and ill-treatment.

The SPT has a mandate under the OPCAT to conduct on-site visits and
make recommendations to the authorities of State Parties to establish
effective safeguards against the risk of torture and ill-treatment
in places of deprivation of liberty.

The SPT Delegation to the Republic of Azerbaijan comprises the
following members: Ms. Aisha Shujune Muhammad (Head of Delegation),
Mr. Milos Jankovic, Ms. Margarete Suzuko Osterfeld, Mr. Miguel
Sarre-Iguiniz, and Mr. Victor Zaharia (Focal Point for Reprisals).

http://asbarez.com/127039/un-human-rights-body-stops-azerbaijan-visit-citing-official-obstruction/

Armenia’s Economy To Be Affected By Russia Slowdown: Moody’s

ARMENIA’S ECONOMY TO BE AFFECTED BY RUSSIA SLOWDOWN: MOODY’S

September 17, 2014 – 13:41 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia’s (Ba2 stable) economy will continue to be
adversely affected by an economic slowdown in Russia (Baa1 negative)
due to the economic linkages between the two countries, says Moody’s
Investors Service in a report published Tuesday, Sept 16.

Following a stronger than expected decline in net exports and
slowing remittances in H1 2014, Moody’s has revised Armenia’s growth
forecast down to 2.1% in 2014 and 2.3% in 2015 from 3.2% and 3.6%,
respectively. The revised figures are based on Moody’s forecast for
the Russian economy to contract by 1.0% in 2014, followed by stagnation
in 2015.

“Declining net exports and slowing remittances in the first half of
2014 underscore Armenia’s significant trade and financial exposure
to Russia, with further spillover risks stemming from the U.S.’ and
the EU’s tighter sanctions regime against Russia,” says Moody’s
Investors Service. “Nevertheless, the government’s commitment to
fiscal prudence and macroeconomic stability, support Armenia’s Ba2
rating with a stable outlook,” continues the rating agency.

Moody’s notes that Armenia’s material exposures to Russia are via both
direct and indirect channels. Russia accounts for nearly a quarter of
Armenia’s total imports and exports as well as an average of almost
45% of FDI in 2008-2012, while remittances from Russia represent
90% of the total received. A sharp slowdown in remittances, which
contribute 15% of Armenia’s GDP, in addition to lower FDI inflows,
could lead to negative rating pressure if combined with sustained
deterioration in fiscal and external buffers.

However, Armenia’s Ba2 rating with a stable outlook is supported by
the government’s commitment to fiscal prudence and macroeconomic
stability, which mitigate risks stemming from its significant
exposure to external shocks and reduce its vulnerability to changes
in global energy, food and commodities prices. The stable outlook
also reflects the country’s ongoing, albeit gradually diminishing,
access to concessional borrowing under favorable terms.

The country’s new Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the
IMF aims to further strengthen revenue-generating capacity and bring
the debt ratio to a declining path starting 2017. Additionally,
Armenia intends to continue benchmarking against EU standards in
order to establish the country’s role as a gateway between the Western
Hemisphere and the Eurasian region.

Moody’s could consider assigning a positive outlook and eventually
upgrading Armenia’s rating if structural reforms, which the government
is in the process of implementing, propel the economy toward more
balanced economic growth and a significant reduction in the current
account deficit.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/182536/

Righteous Turks: Who Are They And Why Are They So Important?

RIGHTEOUS TURKS: WHO ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT?

13:38 17.09.2014

Within the last five years numerous talks could be heard about the
Turks who rescued the Armenians during the years of genocide. The
expression “the Turks who rescued the Armenians” sounds a bit
strange, if not wrathful to an Armenian hearing. But is it true? An
affirmative answer is recorded – yes, it is true. There are myriad
examples and stories from handwritten and published memoires of the
genocide survivors, as well as from oral stories stating about the
mercifulness of ordinary Muslims – Turks, Kurds, Arabs and others,
who helped Armenian individuals and whole families to survive, even
if temporarily.

Yet, at least two challenges should be considered, referring to this
topic. The first one is the classification of such cases. In general,
human behavior reacts differently to wars, mass atrocities and natural
disasters. Speaking about the Armenian genocide, the first and the most
important statement is that the crime constituted a state organized
and orchestrated genocide. Moreover, in case of the genocide against
the Armenians there was an overwhelming consensus among the majority
of the Turkish population of the Ottoman Empire. The latter regarded
the state-initiated crime as beneficial for the state and for the
security of the Ottoman Empire. It was also regarded as a great chance
from the Heaven to make a profit while looting and expropriating
Armenian property, as well as the chance for the most fanatical part
of the Ottoman Muslims to kill the “infidels” and get permission for
entering Paradise. Mass participation in the crimes against the Ottoman
Christians, including also Turkish and Kurdish women and children,
was also associated with the war time propaganda activities of the
‘Committee of Union and Progress’ government, especially with regard
to the announcement of Jihad by late November 1914 shortly after
the empire went into the war. This became a fatal point for the
mobilization of the Ottoman Muslims to back the state planned crime
of the genocide against the Armenians and other Christians.

In this regard the question of the mass participation of Turkish
population in the crimes against the Armenians is vividly presented
in a telegram sent to Paris Peace conference by Admiral Richard Webb,
High Commissionaire in Istanbul:

“To punish all persons guilty of Armenian atrocities would necessitate
wholesale execution of the Turks, and I therefore suggest retribution
both on a national scale by dismembering the late Turkish empire, as
well as individually by the trial of high officials, such as those
on my list, whose fate will serve as an example.”(A telegram sent
to Paris Peace conference by High Commissionaire in Istanbul Admiral
Richard Webb at April 13, 1919.)

This means that at the end of the war Allies had already realized
the impossibility of full punishment of the Ottoman Turks who were
involved in the crimes en mass.

The second challenge is the growing interest towards the topic of
Righteous Turks and the need of the classification of rescue cases.

Today we observe two hot topics being widely circulated in Turkey
and beyond its borders at the threshold of the Armenian genocide
centennial. One is about the “Turks who saved Armenians” and the
second is about so called “hidden Armenians” still living in Turkey.

Plenty of findings are available for research and data collection, as
well as several international conferences also dedicated to this topic.

My sincere apologies if I destroy someone’s rosy and well calculated
plans and prospects, but I have to state that in overstressing on
the rescuing stories the existence of which I admit, it is easy to
understand, that we deal with a clear-cut strategy of shifting the
main narrative of the Armenian genocide with a quite secondary one.

Although it is not an attempt for banalization or denial of the
genocide, however, it is aimed at making such events as the dominant
paradigm in overall representation of the genocide committed.

It will be ludicrous to say that there has been an Armenian
Genocide, but as a result of these “tragic events” some Turks rescued
Armenians. Any attempt to shift the main narrative of the genocide and
any financial injection to support such attempts will be fruitless
and will work against the real reconciliation of both sides. Such
reconciliation is possible only after the acknowledgment of the
crime committed and the acceptance of the necessity to deal with
its consequences.

Another issue is why such stories must be important to the Armenian
part too. Firstly, all the cases of the Armenian lives’ rescue by the
Turks during the genocide must be mentioned, even if those stories
are few in number and scope over the general picture of the genocide,
they MUST be presented, since the cover up or escape from mentioning
such cases will be simply regarded as a denial. In other words, the
stories of the rescue of the Armenians by the Turks are an unalienable
part of the general story of the Armenian genocide. Secondly, those
stories are important, since they additionally come to back the
statement that the very state organized and orchestrated nature of
the crime committed by Ottoman state. Those Muslims who saved the
Armenians opposed to the Turkish state policy and risked their and
their family members’ lives while hiding the Armenians. It is well
known that the Ottoman military issued a strict order stating that
if any Muslim would hide an Armenian in his house he would be hanged
in front of his house and the whole house would be burnt.

This is an essential point in this topic since we have to clarify that
the whole discourse of the rescue stories touched upon the questions
who, in which circumstances and from whom saved Armenian victims.

Clearly enough such questions appear in the second place. Additional
note: cases of those who saved Armenian lives simply to exploit them
or expropriate their property ARE NOT among the cases of rescue.

Similar to that is when a Turk, a Kurd or whoever saved whole family
members’ lives just to get married to a beautiful Armenian female.

These were often just physical rescue cases, and many times rescued
Armenians, among them children, were forced to convert to Islam,
were made Turkish in their new families and as a result lost their
identity. These constitute the genocidal act according to the Genocide
Convention. Let’s return to the main definition: the real rescue story
is that when a Turkish individual or a whole family while opposing
to the state order to destroy Armenians and while risking their lives
hid or saved Armenians from deportations or helped them to escape from
an inevitable death with no economic or personal benefit. Sorry, but
the rest of the stories are a part of overall violence and shameful
genocidal acts…

By Hayk Demoyan Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute

http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/09/17/righteous-turks-who-are-they-and-why-are-they-so-important/

Three Armenian Scientists Honored With Victor Hambardzumyan Award

THREE ARMENIAN SCIENTISTS HONORED WITH VICTOR HAMBARDZUMYAN AWARD

12:45 * 17.09.14

The annual award honoring Victor Hambardzumyan (1908-1996), the
legendary Soviet Armenian astrophysicist and scholar, was this year
bestowed on three Armenian scientists.

The first awardee is Felix Aharonyan (Germany and Ireland), who was
nominated by Italy’s Lynch National Academy for his considerable
contribution in the sphere of high energy astrophysics space
speedometer research. The second prize was shared between Igor
Karachentsev (Russia) and Blet Tali (US). The latter was nominated
for his fundamental investments in local space research.

At a news conference that followed the event, Aharonyan was asked to
comment on the differences between scholar;y activities in Armenia and
Italy. “Today we have more opportunities than before. In the Soviet
times, articles could not be printed without permission. And there
was a shortage of paper. But today, it doesn’t absolutely matter where
you are. The problem is that there are few young scientists in Armenia.

But we see a kind of movement striking its roots. People here
simply have to think about things other than science, but if they
overcome social difficulties, we will have no problems in scientific
activities,” he replied.

Speaking further, Karachentsev praised the great astrophysicist who he
said was his scientific supervisor. “I have defended my post-graduate
thesis in Armenia, and I am happy that I was Victor Hambardzumyan’s
student. When in 1975, we knew that a big observatory was being built
in the South Caucasus, I moved there. And I have been working there
for 40 years now,” he said.

The third prize winner, Talin, said it was a big honor for him to be
awarded with the prize honoring the world-acclaimed scientist.

“We will continue the cooperating with Armenia, as cooperation is
the only way that helps contribute to the world’s key scientific
achievements,” he noted.

The prize, which totals 500,000 US Dollars, was shared among the
awardees.

All the three promised to invest the money in the development of
science in Armenia, particularly encouraging the scholars to visit
the observatories where they conduct research. Aharonyan said that
they would allocate 50,000 Dollars to the National Academy of Science.

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/09/17/viktor-hambartsumian-prize/

Ara Papyan Calls For Annulling Protocols With Turkey

ARA PAPYAN CALLS FOR ANNULLING PROTOCOLS WITH TURKEY

13:11 17/09/2014 >> POLITICS

The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is the best occasion
for voicing political issues, head of Modus Vivendi Center Ara Papyan
told reporters on Wednesday.

Papyan called on the Armenian President to annul the Armenian-Turkish
protocols.

“Armenia must announce that the present-day Armenia is the successor
of the Republic of Armenia, not the Socialist Republic of Armenia,
which will become a basis for disoccupying the Armenian territories,”
he said.

Mr Papyan said that Armenia must announce at the highest level
that Turkey violated the rights of Armenia and occupied most of its
territories. Turkey’s apology is not enough since a big crime was
committed and the aggrieved party, Armenia and the Armenian people,
must get an appropriate compensation, he concluded.

Source: Panorama.am

Impact Of New Sanctions On Armenia’s Banking System Will Be Expresse

IMPACT OF NEW SANCTIONS ON ARMENIA’S BANKING SYSTEM WILL BE EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT WAYS – SAYS ECONOMIST (VIDEO)

11:12 | September 17,2014 | Economy

What consequences can the new array sanctions imposed by the US and
EU on Russia [over Ukraine crisis] have on Armenia?

Armenia’s economy, specifically the country’s banking system, is
heavily dependent on Russia. Economist bagrat Asatryan says the
impact of the new sanctions on our banking system will be expressed
in different ways. The implementation of projects financed by Russia
will be reduced significantly, in the result, the opportunities to
invest in Armenia will be curtailed too.

Russia’s worsening economic situation will also affect the flow
of direct investments and transfers. The economist says Armenian
authorities should start taking preventive measures, like Russia.

“Russia is making huge investments in its banking system, which
suggests that these structures need protection and the state is
trying to do it. No one seems to care about it in Armenia yet,”
says the economist.

Mr Asatryan thinks the sanctions against Russia can have serious
and heavy consequences for SWIFT global payment system. He says the
only solution in this case is to take a political decision. “Armenia
is joining the Customs Union. Everyone knows it. But one day these
sanctions may be applied against the CU member states as well. We
shall not encounter any problem, if the sanctions are not implied
against Armenia. However, if they are applied against Armenia-based
Russian banks, the consequences will not be so heavy as we have local
banks with English and French capital. ”

Bagrat Asatryan thinks that Armenia will benefit only in case
it maintains political neutrality and does not make pro-Russian
announcements every now and then.

http://en.a1plus.am/1196285.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iT2kEhWUlc

Le Realisateur Turc-Allemand Akin Dit Que Son Nouveau Film A" Ne S’e

LE REALISATEUR TURC-ALLEMAND AKIN DIT QUE SON NOUVEAU FILM A” NE S’EXCUSE PAS ” A PROPOS DE LA QUESTION ARMENIENNE

PRESSE TURQUE

” The Cut ”, nouveau film du réalisateur germano-turc Fatih Akin sur
la base des événements de 1915, a fait sa première tant attendue
première mondiale lors de la 71e Mostra de Venise plus tôt cette
semaine. Le film a recu un accueil mitigé de la critique a ce jour,
mais Akin dit qu’il a ” rempli sa mission ”.

Alors que ” The Cut ” prend les événements traumatiques de
1915 comme point de départ, ce qui suit est un récit d’un voyage
transcontinental qui suit le personnage central, Nazareth, en essayant
de retrouver sa famille après le traumatisme des massacres. Fatih
Akin a parlé au journal turc Hurriyet sur le film, ses motivations
a le faire, et la première réaction des critiques.

Q : Un des acteurs du film, Simon Abkarian, a dit “The Cut est le
film que les Arméniens attendaient.” Donc, avez-vous fait ce film
pour les Arméniens ?

R : En fait j’ai fait le film en grande partie pour les Turcs. Je suis
turc et j’ai fait ce film pour mon peuple. Le cinéma appartient a tout
le monde, n’importe qui peut prendre ce qu’il veut de ce film. Simon
voit de cette facon ; il aimait ce film et croit en son rôle.

Peut-être que les Arméniens ne s’attendaient pas a un film comme
celui d’un Turc. Peut-être que c’est ce que nous avons essayé
d’exprimer.

Q : Pourquoi avez-vous fait ce film ?

A : Qui d’autre aurait-il pu ? Ne vous méprenez pas, je ne me vois
pas au centre de la scène. [Le Journaliste turc] Hasan Cemal a un
livre sur le génocide, et j’ai des amis qui font un travail d’artiste
sur lui. Il y a un groupe de Turcs qui acceptent cela, et le groupe
s’agrandit chaque jour. En termes de faire un film sur ce sujet,
peut-être que je suis le premier. Mais cela se ressent de jour en
jour qu’il devient plus facile de parler de ce sujet. Les tabous et
la rigueur de 10 ans auparavant semblent plus faibles maintenant.

Q : Quelle est la raison de ce processus d’adoucissement selon votre
opinion ?

A : la mort de Hrant. Cela s’est ressenti comme une purification sur le
sujet. Les pensées d’empathie sont devenus plus visibles en Turquie.

Q : Vous avez dit que le livre “1915 : Génocide Arménien” d’Hasan
Cemal vous a encouragé. Dans quel sens ?

R : Il m’a donné le courage d’utiliser le mot ” génocide ”. Avant
que j’avais développé des stratégies pour éviter d’utiliser
ce mot quand je parlais des événements. Hasan Cemal a éclaté
cette peur auto-développé. Je dois aussi dire ceci : Comme vous
le savez, Doga Perincek a fait appel devant la Cour européenne des
droits de l’homme en faisant valoir que le rejet du génocide ne
doit pas être considéré comme un crime, et cette objection a été
acceptée. En fait, ce fut aussi l’idée de Hrant Dink. Il a dit : ”
Nier le génocide ne doit pas être interdit ”. Il s’est opposé a
l’attitude de la France et je suis également d’accord avec lui. Q :
Tout le monde dit que vous êtes très courageux. Lorsque vous avez
commencé l’aventure de filmer ce film, avez-vous eu a vous dire
d’être courageux ?

R : Je ne veux pas rendre qui que ce soit triste. Surtout les gens
autour de moi. J’ai une famille et ce qu’ils pensent m’interroge. Ma
mère, mon père, ma femme … Je les s’assit en face de moi et
je leur ai demandé : ” Je veux faire ca, que pensez-vous ? ”
Nous avons échangé nos idées. Si j’étais complètement seul,
si je n’avais pas ma famille, je n’aurais pensé a rien.

Q : Après une interview que vous avez donnée a un journal
turco-arménien Agos, vous avez recu une menace d’un magazine turc
d’extrême-droite. Il peut y avoir eu d’autres menaces. Est-ce que
vous craignez pour votre vie ?

R : Il n’y a eu un danger et non, je ne suis pas inquiet. J’ai
travaillé sur ce film pendant sept ans et je me suis préparé pour
ces menaces. Les médias sociaux doivent être utilisés correctement.

Quelqu’un écrit quelque chose, les médias européens en ont fait une
grosse affaire. Mais les médias turcs n’en ont pas fait une grosse
affaire. En dehors de la Turquie, ils ont écrit ” La Turquie est
contre le film ” juste en raison de l’observation d’un gars. La
Turquie devrait prendre la situation au sérieux, parce que je ne
crois pas que ce soit contre ce film – ni l’administration, ni le
gouvernement, ni la société.

Q : Une autre question dans l’esprit des gens est : Pourquoi
vous n’avez pas sorti le film en 2015, le 100e anniversaire des
événements ?

A : Je voulais qu’il soit diffusé le plus rapidement possible. C’est
pourquoi j’ai augmenté le rythme et l’ai terminé avant 2015,
certains pays, comme la France, il sera projeté en 2015, mais ce
n’est pas une décision sur laquelle j’ai le pouvoir.

Q : Avez-vous filmer ce film avec des sentiments de responsabilité,
de culpabilité ? Est-ce votre film présente des excuses ? R : Je
me sens responsable, oui. Je n’étais pas né et ni mon père. Mais
je fais partie de cette société et c’est pourquoi je ressens de la
responsabilité. En ce qui concerne les excuses, un film ne s’excuse
pas. Vous y allez et vous vous excusez. C’est différent …

Q : Les premières critiques du film ont été assez mitigés. The
Guardian et Variety étaient tièdes dans leur éloge. Que pensez-vous
de ces critiques ?

R : C’est une première pour moi. J’ai rencontré des critiques
sévères pour la première fois. Il s’avère que j’ai été un peu
gâté par la critique dans le passé. J’ai dÔ attendre jusqu’a
41 ans pour vivre cette expérience. C’est difficile parce qu’ils
critiquent mon enfant.

Je dois analyser cette situation. Le but initial du film était pour
ma mère, mon père, et mes amis en Turquie de l’aimer. En même temps
que la société arménienne, l’Arménie et la diaspora arménienne
de l’aimer aussi. C’est en fait un objectif assez impossible. J’ai
commencé l’aventure en me demandant : ” Est-que ce film va agir
comme un pont ?

” Pourrait-il unir ceux qui, en Turquie acceptent le génocide et
ceux qui ne le font pas ? C’était ma question.

Q : En regardant les premières réponses, pensez-vous que le film
a accompli cette tâche ?

R : Je me suis demandé, ” Est-ce que les Arméniens vont trouver le
film trop léger ? ” et cela n’est pas ce qui s’est passé. Mes amis
turcs ont aimé le film aussi. Si vous voulez réunir deux côtés,
debout les uns contre les autres, vous avez a payer un prix ;
peut-être que le prix est ces critiques.

Q : Lorsque vous étiez en train de tourner “The Cut”, cette tâche
était plus importante que le langage cinématographique ?

R : Vous pouvez remplir cette tâche avec le cinéma. Je n’ai pas eu
un problème comme ” je dois prouver mon style ”. Je n’ai pas été
pris dans un tel complexe. Je voulais saisir les publics, deux groupes
avec des opinions opposées. Je pense que les critiques attendaient
quelque chose de différent de moi, quelle que soit cette attente …

Q : Pourriez-vous être offensé si “The Cut” est devenu un de ces
films que les critiques critiquent sévèrement, mais pour qui le
public est très intéressé ?

R : Non. Peut-être est-ce vraiment un film pour la
société. J’espère que c’est le cas, ce serait approprié pour
le film.

Q : Quant sera projeté le film en Turquie ?

A : Notre intention est de le projeter a l’automne.

Q : Ã~Jtes-vous confrontés a des difficultés pour obtenir qu’il
soit projeté ?

A : Les cinémas ont peur de savoir si certaines personnes vont
protester ? S’ils ont pulvérisé des gaz lacrymogènes lors des
manifestations de Gezi parce que la paix publique a été perturbée,
alors la police peut venir ” protéger ” les cinémas aussi.

6 Septembre 2014

Traduction Armenews

mardi 16 septembre 2014, Stéphane ©armenews.com

Turkey Fears Arming Of PKK Rebels – Armenian Analyst

TURKEY FEARS ARMING OF PKK REBELS – ARMENIAN ANALYST

15:24, 15.09.2014

YEREVAN. – Turkey is attempting to use for its own interests the
ongoing steps against the Islamic State terrorist faction.

Arab Studies specialist Armen Petrosyan stated the abovementioned at
a press conference on Monday.

Petrosyan noted that Turkey has refused to sign under the declaration
to set up a coalition against the Islamic State.

“Turkey announces about the capture of forty employees of the
Turkish consulate in Iraq. In fact, this is clearly blackmail,
through which the Islamic State may terminate Turkey’s participation
in this coalition.

“Turkey states that if they [i.e., the coalition] are arming the
Kurds, tomorrow this weapon may appear in the hands of the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party [PKK] rebels, who are fighting against [official]
Ankara for decades.

“That is, from the Turkish viewpoint, the participation [of Turkey]
in the coalition will mean working against itself,” Petrosyan stated.

And as third point, the Armenian analyst stressed that Turkey has
adopted a standby position, since no one can clearly say what these
military actions may lead to.

Armenia News – NEWS.am