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NEW ROSTRUM FOR DISCUSSING GENOCIDE
The European Union and the European states are an arena for the
discussion of the Armenian issue and the Genocide of Armenians in 1915.
In 2009 when the process of normalization of the Turkish-Armenian
relations began "progressing" apart from the main tasks of control
over Turkey, theUnited States launched a light and harmless blackmail
against the Europeans scaring them with the perspective of lifting one
of the opportunities for blockingTurkey's entry to the European Union.
At the higher levels of the governments of European states (first of
all continental Europe) genuine interest was expressed, and concerns
about loss of such an important lever of pressure on Turkey as the
issue of the genocide were hidden with difficulty. (A lot can be
understood if one is in the right place at the right time.)
Currently, the European phobias relating to the possible entry of
Turkey to the EU seem to have been exhausted. Hardly anyone fancies
serious consideration of this possibility, at least in the current
format of the European Union. However, it indicates that the issue
of the genocide of 1915 is not "topical" for the countries of Europe.
According to the mass media, France has "exchanged" the genocide
with supply of equipment for the nuclear power plant in Turkey. It is
understood that the opportunity has been missed, and it is going to
be hard to promote the issue of the genocide to the European rostrum.
In the meantime, another issue has arisen - the crisis in the relations
between Turkey and NATO. During the NATO summit in Chicago Turkey
made several claims to the alliance, including establishment of the
EU security system based on NATO, as well as associate membership of
Israel to the alliance and a communique on the regional conflicts.
The Turkish claims at the NATO rostrum concern Armenia. Turkey is
trying to mount the Karabakh issue on the NATO rostrum which is
not in line with NATO's interest which refrains from discussion of
political issues which are not directly linked to the alliance. Mostly
the United States is negotiating these problems with Turkey but the
European members of NATO are also annoyed by Turkey's efforts.
Currently, though NATO is trying to speak about problems relating to
the relations between Turkey and the alliance delicately, incredible
assessments are made and opinions are expressed in "backstage" talks.
NATO and the United States need Turkey to implement their goals
but only if it follows the rules of relations within the alliance,
which means keeping it under control. For the leading NATO members,
Turkey is already a nuisance but its behavior is becoming unacceptable.
Hence, it should be noted that the initiatives for Turkish-Armenian
normalization were aimed at intensifying control over Turkey rather
than the decision to reset the issue of the genocide. Since the
Americans, not the Europeans initiated the process, the issue was
related to NATO, not the EU back in 2009.
One can notice now that Turkey will fix hindrances to development
of relations between Armenia and NATO (which may be in line with
Russia's interests). Hence, NATO is becoming by default an "arena"
for the discussion of the genocide of 1915. Armenia has a lot of work
to do with NATO, and considering that NATO is composed of states,
not only military but also political issues will need to be resolved.
Igor Muradyan 15:00 18/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30199
The European Union and the European states are an arena for the
discussion of the Armenian issue and the Genocide of Armenians in 1915.
In 2009 when the process of normalization of the Turkish-Armenian
relations began "progressing" apart from the main tasks of control
over Turkey, theUnited States launched a light and harmless blackmail
against the Europeans scaring them with the perspective of lifting one
of the opportunities for blockingTurkey's entry to the European Union.
At the higher levels of the governments of European states (first of
all continental Europe) genuine interest was expressed, and concerns
about loss of such an important lever of pressure on Turkey as the
issue of the genocide were hidden with difficulty. (A lot can be
understood if one is in the right place at the right time.)
Currently, the European phobias relating to the possible entry of
Turkey to the EU seem to have been exhausted. Hardly anyone fancies
serious consideration of this possibility, at least in the current
format of the European Union. However, it indicates that the issue
of the genocide of 1915 is not "topical" for the countries of Europe.
According to the mass media, France has "exchanged" the genocide
with supply of equipment for the nuclear power plant in Turkey. It is
understood that the opportunity has been missed, and it is going to
be hard to promote the issue of the genocide to the European rostrum.
In the meantime, another issue has arisen - the crisis in the relations
between Turkey and NATO. During the NATO summit in Chicago Turkey
made several claims to the alliance, including establishment of the
EU security system based on NATO, as well as associate membership of
Israel to the alliance and a communique on the regional conflicts.
The Turkish claims at the NATO rostrum concern Armenia. Turkey is
trying to mount the Karabakh issue on the NATO rostrum which is
not in line with NATO's interest which refrains from discussion of
political issues which are not directly linked to the alliance. Mostly
the United States is negotiating these problems with Turkey but the
European members of NATO are also annoyed by Turkey's efforts.
Currently, though NATO is trying to speak about problems relating to
the relations between Turkey and the alliance delicately, incredible
assessments are made and opinions are expressed in "backstage" talks.
NATO and the United States need Turkey to implement their goals
but only if it follows the rules of relations within the alliance,
which means keeping it under control. For the leading NATO members,
Turkey is already a nuisance but its behavior is becoming unacceptable.
Hence, it should be noted that the initiatives for Turkish-Armenian
normalization were aimed at intensifying control over Turkey rather
than the decision to reset the issue of the genocide. Since the
Americans, not the Europeans initiated the process, the issue was
related to NATO, not the EU back in 2009.
One can notice now that Turkey will fix hindrances to development
of relations between Armenia and NATO (which may be in line with
Russia's interests). Hence, NATO is becoming by default an "arena"
for the discussion of the genocide of 1915. Armenia has a lot of work
to do with NATO, and considering that NATO is composed of states,
not only military but also political issues will need to be resolved.
Igor Muradyan 15:00 18/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30199