VISIT TO US PRESIDENT TO TURKEY MAY SERIOUSLY CHANGE ALIGNMENT OF FORCES IN THE REGION, ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONIST THINKS

ArmInfo
2009-04-03 14:29:00

ArmInfo. US President Barack Obama’s visit to Turkey may seriously
change alignment of forces in the region, representative of Armenian
National Congress, David Shakhnazaryan, told journalists today.

‘Over Obama’s visit to Ankara and Istanbul along with other issues
the Karabakh conflict will be also discussed, which Ankara as well as
Washington are interested in today. At present the USA is trying to
repeat the past year manoeuvre of Moscow with signing of the Maindorf
Declaration, taking the initiative on the Karabakh conflict settlement
in its hands’, – he said.

Shaknazaryan thinks after Obama’s visit Armenian authorities may be
also invited to visit Turkey, as Turkey also is striving to raise
its role in the Karabakh settlement.

‘Turkey is striving to become the OSCE MG co-chair state. There is
even the information that Ankara is negotiating with France in the
matter. This will become quite real if Obama does not mention the
Armenian genocide in his April speech. Immediately after that Ankara
will become more active in the Karabakh issue’, – he concluded.