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    TURKEY IS OF NO INTEREST TO ARMENIA
    Naira Hayrumyan

    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics24768.html
    Published: 16:03:15 - 10/01/2012

    On January 23, the French Senate will consider the draft law penalizing
    the denial of the Armenian genocide. The minister for relations with
    the parliament of France Patrick Ole made it clear that "a general
    agreement was reached on this issue". Earlier, the mass media had
    reported Nicola Sarkozy's intention to initiate the signing of a
    pan-European agreement on penalizing genocides.

    It is evident that the recognition of the Armenian genocide passed
    the limits of Armenia and even regional politics, though it has never
    been there.

    In this situation, the Armenia-Turkey and Armenia-Azerbaijan relations
    completely lose topicality for Armenia, and they are substituted by
    the Armenia-Georgia and Armenia-Iran relations.

    Even Western funds, which used to actively finance the Armenian and
    Turkish non-governmental projects lost interest in this issue. The news
    portals which opened sections in Turkish, connected with the Armenian
    and Turkish process, will soon open new ones in Georgian and Farsi.

    The interest towards Georgia is already visible: Armenian-Georgian
    joint TV programs have been realized simultaneously on two Armenian
    channels. Armenia seems to be revealing for itself the Georgian music,
    cuisine and rich culture. True, it is done in the traditional way -
    competition to find out who is better the Armenians or Georgians,
    but the fact of disappearance of the taboo of the Georgian topic
    is noteworthy.

    The Iranian and Armenian rapprochement is also obvious. In Yerevan,
    as well as on the way connecting Armenia and Iran, cafes with Iranian
    writing appeared, where Islamic food is offered. There are already
    Iranian bakeries, motels and let alone the flow of Iranian tourists
    to Yerevan during Muslim festivities.

    The annual Armenian-Turkish trade circulation is about USD 250
    million, and the Armenian-Iranian, according to non-official data,
    more than 300 million, the Armenian-Georgian is this much too. But,
    Iran is going to increase the trade circulation up to 1 billion.

    Besides, it became clear that the Iranian consortium of the private
    sector will invest USD 574 million in two projects in Armenia on
    laying of electricity lines between the two countries. The Iranian
    "Iran Daily" reported. The investment will increase the capacity of
    hydropower plant on the Arax River up to 1.7 gig watt a year.

    Earlier the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Ali Akbar Salehi
    stated that in the course of the recent visit of the Iranian president
    to Armenia, the parties agreed to work out a list of goods to be
    exchanged between the countries at the lowest fee.

    During Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Georgia, the parties announced about
    a sharp increase of trade circulation.

    Against the background of the development of relations with Iran and
    Georgia, the relations with Turkey are no longer important in the
    Armenian policy. In this connection, the process of criminalization of
    the denial of the Armenian genocide in Turkey is seen in Armenia as
    something directly connected with its actual interest. This interest
    can arise if the West's pressure on Turkey increases up to the critical
    point, which can be followed by the fragmentation of the country or
    demand territorial compensation to the victims of genocide.

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