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Merkel: There Are Different Armenians
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Saturday, 08 February 2014, 17:05
As 2015, "X hour" for Turkey, is coming up, increasingly more
politicians of world scale say that recognition of the genocide is
inevitable. Quite recently, Bashar Assad compared what is happening
now in Syria with the genocide in Ottoman Turkey. The Kurdish leader
Abdullah Ocalan addressed a letter to the Armenians about the
genocide.. the French President Francois Hollande stated in Ankara
that Turkey will have to face up to its history.
However, what the German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Turkish
Prime Minister Erdogan is probably the most symptomatic of all. The
Chancellor of Germany, a country which has had to pay for the
Holocaust for many decades, has urged Turkey to admit to its history.
Erdogan said that they should not be responsible for what is not done.
And then Merkel said sacramental phrase. According to the Turkish
Hyurriyet, Merkel noted that the Armenians living in Armenia should
not be identified with Armenians scattered around the world. "Turkey
should open its border with Armenia," Merkel said.
This sacramental phrase outlined two "Armenian fronts" against Turkey,
Armenia and the Diaspora. And the international community, apparently,
intends to support both fronts, regardless of the will of the Armenian
government which works on neither of these fronts.
The international community will definitely support the claims of the
Armenians worldwide who have been of their historical homeland and
property due to the genocide. However, the international community
will also demand that Turkey open its border with Armenia to open
communication in our vast region.
Judging by the expression on the face of Turkish leaders, they have
reconciled with the thought of recognition of the genocide and are
thinking about choosing the least painful way. Europe pushes Turkey to
open the border with Armenia and recognize the genocide as a condition
of rapprochement with Turkey. Turkey may not have territorial losses
but it will have major political losses and appear on the back seat of
politics. Failure to meet these conditions will completely marginalize
Turkey.
In Turkey they are already talking about a broad international front
against Turkey, including not only the western but also the "Shiite
green area". Erdogan's party will resist if he wins the local
elections on March 30 and the presidential election in August. It is
not going to be easy, and the Armenian factor will play a significant
role. It is not a coincidence that Erdogan's key opponent Fetullaha
Gulen is said to have an Armenian origin.
During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi Sargsyan sat
next to Erdogan who had considered it his duty to come to Russia. Most
probably, it had been intended to arrange a private talk between them.
Apparently, there was no conversation because the Armenians living in
Armenia and those scattered around the world are different. And the
goals of the Armenians worldwide are not always the targets of the
Armenian leadership.
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Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Saturday, 08 February 2014, 17:05
As 2015, "X hour" for Turkey, is coming up, increasingly more
politicians of world scale say that recognition of the genocide is
inevitable. Quite recently, Bashar Assad compared what is happening
now in Syria with the genocide in Ottoman Turkey. The Kurdish leader
Abdullah Ocalan addressed a letter to the Armenians about the
genocide.. the French President Francois Hollande stated in Ankara
that Turkey will have to face up to its history.
However, what the German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Turkish
Prime Minister Erdogan is probably the most symptomatic of all. The
Chancellor of Germany, a country which has had to pay for the
Holocaust for many decades, has urged Turkey to admit to its history.
Erdogan said that they should not be responsible for what is not done.
And then Merkel said sacramental phrase. According to the Turkish
Hyurriyet, Merkel noted that the Armenians living in Armenia should
not be identified with Armenians scattered around the world. "Turkey
should open its border with Armenia," Merkel said.
This sacramental phrase outlined two "Armenian fronts" against Turkey,
Armenia and the Diaspora. And the international community, apparently,
intends to support both fronts, regardless of the will of the Armenian
government which works on neither of these fronts.
The international community will definitely support the claims of the
Armenians worldwide who have been of their historical homeland and
property due to the genocide. However, the international community
will also demand that Turkey open its border with Armenia to open
communication in our vast region.
Judging by the expression on the face of Turkish leaders, they have
reconciled with the thought of recognition of the genocide and are
thinking about choosing the least painful way. Europe pushes Turkey to
open the border with Armenia and recognize the genocide as a condition
of rapprochement with Turkey. Turkey may not have territorial losses
but it will have major political losses and appear on the back seat of
politics. Failure to meet these conditions will completely marginalize
Turkey.
In Turkey they are already talking about a broad international front
against Turkey, including not only the western but also the "Shiite
green area". Erdogan's party will resist if he wins the local
elections on March 30 and the presidential election in August. It is
not going to be easy, and the Armenian factor will play a significant
role. It is not a coincidence that Erdogan's key opponent Fetullaha
Gulen is said to have an Armenian origin.
During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi Sargsyan sat
next to Erdogan who had considered it his duty to come to Russia. Most
probably, it had been intended to arrange a private talk between them.
Apparently, there was no conversation because the Armenians living in
Armenia and those scattered around the world are different. And the
goals of the Armenians worldwide are not always the targets of the
Armenian leadership.
- See more at: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31891#sthash.BRadoMe8.dpuf