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ARMENIAN-TURKISH FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY HINDERS GENOCIDE RECOGNITION - ANALYST
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November 07, 2012 | 14:47
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Genocide's recognition by the United States
is linked with Armenia's international sway, political scientist
Yervand Bozoyan stated during a press conference on Wednesday.
He noted that if Armenia's sway becomes weak, they could even avoid
using the Armenian word "yeghern" to describe the Genocide. "That
is why there is [only] a slight hope that the US will recognize the
Genocide and apply large-scale pressure on Turkey. The Armenian-Turkish
football diplomacy damaged the Genocide's recognition by US. When
that policy did not exist, there were no relations between Armenia
and Turkey and the latter had no grounds as to why the US should not
recognize the Genocide," Bozoyan stated.
He added that as long as the football diplomacy exists and the
protocols are at the parliaments of Armenia and Turkey, the latter
will formally ask the international community not to get in the way of
normalizing relations with Armenia, and therefore it will announce
that the international community will hinder these relations by
recognizing the Genocide.
"All of us comprehend that this is a deceit, and we ourselves
have created it and put ourselves into a trap. So, Obama and the
leaders of other countries note that it is better not to obstruct
the normalization of ties between both countries," the analyst said,
and added: "For the first time in the past twenty years of the US
presidential elections, the candidates did not reflect on the Armenian
Genocide issue and made no pledges in their election programs."
From: A. Papazian
news.am
November 07, 2012 | 14:47
YEREVAN. - The Armenian Genocide's recognition by the United States
is linked with Armenia's international sway, political scientist
Yervand Bozoyan stated during a press conference on Wednesday.
He noted that if Armenia's sway becomes weak, they could even avoid
using the Armenian word "yeghern" to describe the Genocide. "That
is why there is [only] a slight hope that the US will recognize the
Genocide and apply large-scale pressure on Turkey. The Armenian-Turkish
football diplomacy damaged the Genocide's recognition by US. When
that policy did not exist, there were no relations between Armenia
and Turkey and the latter had no grounds as to why the US should not
recognize the Genocide," Bozoyan stated.
He added that as long as the football diplomacy exists and the
protocols are at the parliaments of Armenia and Turkey, the latter
will formally ask the international community not to get in the way of
normalizing relations with Armenia, and therefore it will announce
that the international community will hinder these relations by
recognizing the Genocide.
"All of us comprehend that this is a deceit, and we ourselves
have created it and put ourselves into a trap. So, Obama and the
leaders of other countries note that it is better not to obstruct
the normalization of ties between both countries," the analyst said,
and added: "For the first time in the past twenty years of the US
presidential elections, the candidates did not reflect on the Armenian
Genocide issue and made no pledges in their election programs."
From: A. Papazian