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TURKISH FM'S GENOCIDE STATEMENT MESSAGE TO US AND WORLD - ARMENIAN TURKOLOGISTS
11:51 * 16.01.15
The Turkish foreign minister's recent statement, expressing the
country's untillingness to spoil the relations with the US because of
the Armenian Genocide, is motivated by concerns over the country's
possible steps in relation to the big tragedy's centennial, says
a Turkologist.
"It aims to prevent negative reactions by the United States and the
international community ahead of the Armenian Genocide centennial.
Turkey is again using its blackmail and preemptive policies," Levon
Hovsepyan told Tert.am, not ruling out the possibility of further
messages.
Turkey earlier tried to ban the natural gas delivery from Ukraine
to the United States, citing the overload in the Bosphorus Strait
as an impediment. In the course of Vladmir Putin's trip to Turkey
(which came shortly after) the two countries signed energy agreements
which many Armenian analysts believed signaled extreme deterioration
in the two countries' relations.
Commenting on Chavushoglu's statement, Turkologist Ruben Mehrabyan
said he sees an unprecedented deterioration in not only the Turkey-US
but also the Azerbaijan-US relations.
"In their statements, they will speculate Turkey's strategic importance
for those countroes, at times making direct and indirect hints that
Turkey has no alternative to replace the US-Turkey relations with
relations with other states or centers based in those countries,"
he told our correspondent.
Melkonyan said he thinks that such steps are directed to target
countries which have not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide (the
US is among them as it has recognized the tragedy on the level of
only several states).
He added that he doesn't expect any response to the Turkish official's
statement. "Those statements will increase thousandfold in number
until April, and so they will remain unanswered this time. The US will
nonetheless respond to the threats and messages by then, unfortunately
using a strictly diplomatic language. I don't think there will be
any essential change in that diplomatic rhetoric," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/16/artak-zakarian/1560365
11:51 * 16.01.15
The Turkish foreign minister's recent statement, expressing the
country's untillingness to spoil the relations with the US because of
the Armenian Genocide, is motivated by concerns over the country's
possible steps in relation to the big tragedy's centennial, says
a Turkologist.
"It aims to prevent negative reactions by the United States and the
international community ahead of the Armenian Genocide centennial.
Turkey is again using its blackmail and preemptive policies," Levon
Hovsepyan told Tert.am, not ruling out the possibility of further
messages.
Turkey earlier tried to ban the natural gas delivery from Ukraine
to the United States, citing the overload in the Bosphorus Strait
as an impediment. In the course of Vladmir Putin's trip to Turkey
(which came shortly after) the two countries signed energy agreements
which many Armenian analysts believed signaled extreme deterioration
in the two countries' relations.
Commenting on Chavushoglu's statement, Turkologist Ruben Mehrabyan
said he sees an unprecedented deterioration in not only the Turkey-US
but also the Azerbaijan-US relations.
"In their statements, they will speculate Turkey's strategic importance
for those countroes, at times making direct and indirect hints that
Turkey has no alternative to replace the US-Turkey relations with
relations with other states or centers based in those countries,"
he told our correspondent.
Melkonyan said he thinks that such steps are directed to target
countries which have not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide (the
US is among them as it has recognized the tragedy on the level of
only several states).
He added that he doesn't expect any response to the Turkish official's
statement. "Those statements will increase thousandfold in number
until April, and so they will remain unanswered this time. The US will
nonetheless respond to the threats and messages by then, unfortunately
using a strictly diplomatic language. I don't think there will be
any essential change in that diplomatic rhetoric," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/16/artak-zakarian/1560365