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ROUTINE RHETORIC: ERDOGAN BRINGS ARMENIAN ISSUES TO MEETING WITH OBAMA
By Gayane Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
27.03.12 | 15:48
Hakob Chakryan (left) and Aristakes Simavoryan
Prime Minster of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as fold in Armenia say,
has again launched his "April 24 advance."
At a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday in Seoul, South
Korea, Erdogan called on Obama "not to mistake U.S. senators, lawmakers
and politicians for historians," and to abstain from the adoption of
the resolution in the U.S. Congress regarding the Armenian Genocide.
Even though the meeting of the two countries' leaders was over
the problems between Syria and Iran, Erdogan also voiced the issues
related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the resolution regarding
the Armenian Genocide submitted to the U.S. Congress.
"We are tired. Every year in April we face the same problem, whether
Republicans come [to power] or Democrats, the issue remains the same,"
Erdogan says.
Armenian political analysts believe that Erdogan's recently increased
efforts are lost in more pressing issues. Hakob Chakryan, specialist
in Turkish studies, is sure that against the background of the tension
in the Arab world, "the Armenian-Turkish relations have been absolutely
sidelined."
"Currently, Turkey tries to settle some issues through caprice;
however, it is not perceived seriously," Chakryan says, adding that
Erdogan must leave for Iran on Tuesday, "this means that Erdogan
carries out assignments in Syria and Iran, and he will demand some
concessions (related to Armenia) from the U.S."
The concessions, however, will somehow be realized because the experts
almost exclude the adoption of the new resolution.
"Now the adoption of the resolution is not possible, because Syria's
problems are interconnected with these two countries [U.S.-Turkey].
Turkey is the only country for the United States in the region, that
it can cooperate with regarding this issue, and Turkey is the United
States' most important military partner, and now is not the time to
insult the partner," says specialist in Turkish studies Arestakes
Simavoryan, leading Noravank Educational-Foundation's Center for
Armenology (Armenian studies).
Simavoryan and Chakryan are sure this year Obama will not pronounce
the word "genocide" either, however, at the same time it is possible
that "he will again make a rather harsh statement" in order to court
support from the Armenian community ahead of the Presidential elections
in the United States.
From: Baghdasarian
By Gayane Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
27.03.12 | 15:48
Hakob Chakryan (left) and Aristakes Simavoryan
Prime Minster of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as fold in Armenia say,
has again launched his "April 24 advance."
At a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday in Seoul, South
Korea, Erdogan called on Obama "not to mistake U.S. senators, lawmakers
and politicians for historians," and to abstain from the adoption of
the resolution in the U.S. Congress regarding the Armenian Genocide.
Even though the meeting of the two countries' leaders was over
the problems between Syria and Iran, Erdogan also voiced the issues
related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the resolution regarding
the Armenian Genocide submitted to the U.S. Congress.
"We are tired. Every year in April we face the same problem, whether
Republicans come [to power] or Democrats, the issue remains the same,"
Erdogan says.
Armenian political analysts believe that Erdogan's recently increased
efforts are lost in more pressing issues. Hakob Chakryan, specialist
in Turkish studies, is sure that against the background of the tension
in the Arab world, "the Armenian-Turkish relations have been absolutely
sidelined."
"Currently, Turkey tries to settle some issues through caprice;
however, it is not perceived seriously," Chakryan says, adding that
Erdogan must leave for Iran on Tuesday, "this means that Erdogan
carries out assignments in Syria and Iran, and he will demand some
concessions (related to Armenia) from the U.S."
The concessions, however, will somehow be realized because the experts
almost exclude the adoption of the new resolution.
"Now the adoption of the resolution is not possible, because Syria's
problems are interconnected with these two countries [U.S.-Turkey].
Turkey is the only country for the United States in the region, that
it can cooperate with regarding this issue, and Turkey is the United
States' most important military partner, and now is not the time to
insult the partner," says specialist in Turkish studies Arestakes
Simavoryan, leading Noravank Educational-Foundation's Center for
Armenology (Armenian studies).
Simavoryan and Chakryan are sure this year Obama will not pronounce
the word "genocide" either, however, at the same time it is possible
that "he will again make a rather harsh statement" in order to court
support from the Armenian community ahead of the Presidential elections
in the United States.
From: Baghdasarian