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Competing Invitations: Experts say Turkey tries to steal Armenia's
thunder on April 24
Analysis | 19.01.15 | 12:30
By Naira Hayrumyan
ArmeniaNow correspondent
Turkey has started the final and, apparently, most aggressive phase of
opposition to international efforts on the recognition of the Armenian
Genocide.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the leaders of 102
countries, including President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, to come to
Turkey on April 24 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the victory
of Turkey in the Battle of Gallipoli.
In response, Sargsyan reminded about his earlier invitation to Erdogan
to visit Yerevan on the same day on which Armenians around the world
will remember the victims of the massacres perpetrated in Ottoman
Turkey - on the centennial of the Genocide.
"What purpose does it serve if not a simple-minded goal to distract
the attention of the international community from the events dedicated
to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide? Whereas, before organizing
a commemorative event, Turkey has much more important obligation
towards its own people and the entire humanity, namely the recognition
and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide," Sargsyan said in a reply
on Friday.
Judging by the aggressiveness and the scale of its actions Turkey has
serious fears that on April 24 the international community, especially
the United States and a number of Western countries, may recognize the
Armenian Genocide and support the political and legal claim of the
Armenian Diaspora in the international court against Turkey.
Such a claim is being prepared, and the consent of one of the leading
international lawyers, Amal Clooney, to become part of a team
defending the Armenian case at a European court, among other things,
may mean that the trial involving Switzerland and a Turkish denialist
will be widely covered internationally.
An international process on the claims of the Armenian Diaspora
against Turkey may lead to a revision of the foundations of modern-day
Turkey and in Ankara they are afraid of the possible decisions of the
international community for such a revision.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey has pursued
a coordinated fight against the international recognition of the
Genocide.
Yerevan-based Turkey expert Levon Hovsepyan thinks that Ankara fears
the measures that may be taken in the U.S. Senate, Congress and other
instances in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.
The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France has noted
with regret that the repeatedly expressed concerns about Ankara's
attempts to interfere with the commemorative events in connection with
the centenary of the Armenian Genocide are getting a factual ground.
"The invitation of foreign leaders to Turkey on April 24 clearly aims
to neutralize the expected presence of heads of foreign states in
Yerevan on the same day, forcing them to make a choice," the Council,
in particular, said in a statement.
Ruben Melkonyan, another specialist in Turkish studies, notes that
Turkey has been spending enormous amounts of money on such activities,
including the invitation of world leaders. In other words, the leaders
of many countries will get two invitations for April 24 - from NATO
member Turkey and Armenia. "Of course, political interest may prevail
here," the analyst says.
Turkey is using the entire set of tools to neutralize the legal claims
of Armenians. One of such means, according to experts, is the
significant worsening of the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict zone and at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
With the help of its ethnic cousin and satellite Azerbaijan, Ankara
appears to be trying to divert the attention of Armenia from the
issues of the Genocide Anniversary by escalating the situation on the
Karabakh frontlines.
http://armenianow.com/commentary/analysis/59904/armenia_president_serzh_sargsyan_turkey_erdogan_in vitation
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
thunder on April 24
Analysis | 19.01.15 | 12:30
By Naira Hayrumyan
ArmeniaNow correspondent
Turkey has started the final and, apparently, most aggressive phase of
opposition to international efforts on the recognition of the Armenian
Genocide.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the leaders of 102
countries, including President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, to come to
Turkey on April 24 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the victory
of Turkey in the Battle of Gallipoli.
In response, Sargsyan reminded about his earlier invitation to Erdogan
to visit Yerevan on the same day on which Armenians around the world
will remember the victims of the massacres perpetrated in Ottoman
Turkey - on the centennial of the Genocide.
"What purpose does it serve if not a simple-minded goal to distract
the attention of the international community from the events dedicated
to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide? Whereas, before organizing
a commemorative event, Turkey has much more important obligation
towards its own people and the entire humanity, namely the recognition
and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide," Sargsyan said in a reply
on Friday.
Judging by the aggressiveness and the scale of its actions Turkey has
serious fears that on April 24 the international community, especially
the United States and a number of Western countries, may recognize the
Armenian Genocide and support the political and legal claim of the
Armenian Diaspora in the international court against Turkey.
Such a claim is being prepared, and the consent of one of the leading
international lawyers, Amal Clooney, to become part of a team
defending the Armenian case at a European court, among other things,
may mean that the trial involving Switzerland and a Turkish denialist
will be widely covered internationally.
An international process on the claims of the Armenian Diaspora
against Turkey may lead to a revision of the foundations of modern-day
Turkey and in Ankara they are afraid of the possible decisions of the
international community for such a revision.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey has pursued
a coordinated fight against the international recognition of the
Genocide.
Yerevan-based Turkey expert Levon Hovsepyan thinks that Ankara fears
the measures that may be taken in the U.S. Senate, Congress and other
instances in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.
The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France has noted
with regret that the repeatedly expressed concerns about Ankara's
attempts to interfere with the commemorative events in connection with
the centenary of the Armenian Genocide are getting a factual ground.
"The invitation of foreign leaders to Turkey on April 24 clearly aims
to neutralize the expected presence of heads of foreign states in
Yerevan on the same day, forcing them to make a choice," the Council,
in particular, said in a statement.
Ruben Melkonyan, another specialist in Turkish studies, notes that
Turkey has been spending enormous amounts of money on such activities,
including the invitation of world leaders. In other words, the leaders
of many countries will get two invitations for April 24 - from NATO
member Turkey and Armenia. "Of course, political interest may prevail
here," the analyst says.
Turkey is using the entire set of tools to neutralize the legal claims
of Armenians. One of such means, according to experts, is the
significant worsening of the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict zone and at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
With the help of its ethnic cousin and satellite Azerbaijan, Ankara
appears to be trying to divert the attention of Armenia from the
issues of the Genocide Anniversary by escalating the situation on the
Karabakh frontlines.
http://armenianow.com/commentary/analysis/59904/armenia_president_serzh_sargsyan_turkey_erdogan_in vitation
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress