OBAMA’S STAND ON GENOCIDE AND KURDISH ISSUES CONTRADICTS TURKEY’S POSITION

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.11.2008 14:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ If Barack Obama’s pro-Armenian position he
demonstrated during election campaign and his sympathy for Kurds
affects his political decisions during his presidency, it can harm
the U.S.-Turkey relations to a great extent, a Turkish expert said.

"During Obama’s presidency, serious contradictions can appear in
foreign policy of the United States and Turkey," Husnu Mahalli said.

Turkey is particularly concerned over Obama’s plegdes to recognize
the Armenian Genocide and raise the issue in Congress, Mehelli said.

"Furthermore, Vice President Joseph Biden has good relations with
Armenian lobby and a great sympathy for Kurds. His position can cause
problems in U.S.-Turkey relations in future," he added.

Sanli Bahadir Koc, expert at the Center of Strategic and International
Studies said Obama’s attitude toward Armenian and Kurdish lobby can
lead to political tensions between then two countries.

The most alarming issue is Obama’s position on the Armenian Genocide,
according to him.

"There are some alarming signals in Obama’s stand on the Kurdish
problem. If Obama pulls out U.S. troops from Iraq in a short-term
period as he promised, in order to prevent Turkey from intervening into
Northern Iraq, he will urge Turkey to recognize Kurdish administration
and establish relations with it," he said, Trend Azeri news agency
reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress