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POLITICAL EXPERT: "FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY" HINDERS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
ARMINFO
Wednesday, November 7, 17:02
The Armenian-Turkish "football diplomacy" hinders international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, political expert Yervand Bozoyan
said at today's press conference.
"As long as the "football diplomacy" exists and the protocols are
in the Turkish and Armenian Parliaments, Ankara will formally demand
that the international community should not hinder normalization of
the relations with Armenia", he said. He added that such a policy of
official Ankara is a deception, and the Armenian authorities have found
themselves in a Turkish trap. "The result of the "football diplomacy"
is that for the first time over the past 20 years the U.S.
presidential candidates have failed to touch on the Armenian Genocide
issue in the election programs", said Bozoyan. He added that the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the USA mostly depends on the
international weight of Armenia. Bozoyan thinks that if Armenia's
weight is small, the USA will be able to evade even the expression
"Armenian disaster", therefore, the hope for the USA's recognition
of the Armenian Genocide and large-scale pressure on Turkey is very
small. "It is another thing if we ourselves can exert certain impact
on deepening of the Genocide problem in the USA", he said.
To note, the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed in Zurich on 10
October 2009. However, the protocols have not been ratified by the
Armenian and Turkish Parliaments, as Ankara was constantly laying
down preconditions. Later on, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
decreed freezing the process of ratification of the protocols in the
Armenian Parliament.
ARMINFO
Wednesday, November 7, 17:02
The Armenian-Turkish "football diplomacy" hinders international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, political expert Yervand Bozoyan
said at today's press conference.
"As long as the "football diplomacy" exists and the protocols are
in the Turkish and Armenian Parliaments, Ankara will formally demand
that the international community should not hinder normalization of
the relations with Armenia", he said. He added that such a policy of
official Ankara is a deception, and the Armenian authorities have found
themselves in a Turkish trap. "The result of the "football diplomacy"
is that for the first time over the past 20 years the U.S.
presidential candidates have failed to touch on the Armenian Genocide
issue in the election programs", said Bozoyan. He added that the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the USA mostly depends on the
international weight of Armenia. Bozoyan thinks that if Armenia's
weight is small, the USA will be able to evade even the expression
"Armenian disaster", therefore, the hope for the USA's recognition
of the Armenian Genocide and large-scale pressure on Turkey is very
small. "It is another thing if we ourselves can exert certain impact
on deepening of the Genocide problem in the USA", he said.
To note, the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed in Zurich on 10
October 2009. However, the protocols have not been ratified by the
Armenian and Turkish Parliaments, as Ankara was constantly laying
down preconditions. Later on, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
decreed freezing the process of ratification of the protocols in the
Armenian Parliament.