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Wayne Merry: US won't link position on Genocide in 2015 with Armenian
position on Crimea
March 30, 2014 | 01:01
White House won`t link its position on Genocide recognition in 2015
with Armenian position on Crimea, told Wayne Merry, Senior Fellow for
Europe and Eurasia with the American Foreign Policy Council, to
Armenia News - NEWS.amcorrespondent. If the United States government
says anything about the Armenian Genocide, it will do so on the
historical basis and will not try to tie that issue with any other
one, particularly with nothing concerning Crimea. , he told.
Speaking on Armenia`s position on Crimea, he told he couldn`t find it
particularly surprising. , he told. Still, he
found it too soon to say how the situation about Crimea may affect
relations between Washington and Yerevan.
On March 27, Armenia voted against the UN non-binding resolution
against Crimea secession in the General Assembly, along with 10 other
states, including Russia and Belarus.
Speaking further on the rationale of the position of Armenia, who
sought the prevalence of the right of self-determination of peoples
over the principle of territorial integrity, he told that it`s
difficult to draw comparisons between the cases of Crimea and Nagorno
Karabakh.
The problem for the United States, he added, is its sponsorship of the
independence of Kosovo. It has created a significant precedent, which
the Russian government has been eager to apply in the case of Crimea,
even though these two are not exactly comparable, he told.
, he added.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
position on Crimea
March 30, 2014 | 01:01
White House won`t link its position on Genocide recognition in 2015
with Armenian position on Crimea, told Wayne Merry, Senior Fellow for
Europe and Eurasia with the American Foreign Policy Council, to
Armenia News - NEWS.amcorrespondent. If the United States government
says anything about the Armenian Genocide, it will do so on the
historical basis and will not try to tie that issue with any other
one, particularly with nothing concerning Crimea. , he told.
Speaking on Armenia`s position on Crimea, he told he couldn`t find it
particularly surprising. , he told. Still, he
found it too soon to say how the situation about Crimea may affect
relations between Washington and Yerevan.
On March 27, Armenia voted against the UN non-binding resolution
against Crimea secession in the General Assembly, along with 10 other
states, including Russia and Belarus.
Speaking further on the rationale of the position of Armenia, who
sought the prevalence of the right of self-determination of peoples
over the principle of territorial integrity, he told that it`s
difficult to draw comparisons between the cases of Crimea and Nagorno
Karabakh.
The problem for the United States, he added, is its sponsorship of the
independence of Kosovo. It has created a significant precedent, which
the Russian government has been eager to apply in the case of Crimea,
even though these two are not exactly comparable, he told.
, he added.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am