ARMENIAN TURKOLOGIST THINKS US PRESIDENT OPENED THE WAY TO THE LEGAL TERM ‘GENOCIDE’

ArmInfo
2009-04-27 14:10:00

US President Barack Obama pronounced expression ‘Mets Eghern’ for
the first time. In fact, this is for the first time that US president
recognized the Armenian genocide in Armenian this time. If we compare
this expression to his position voiced in Istanbul and Ankara, it
becomes clear that the way to using the legal term "genocide" by US
president is already open, Director of Oriental Studies Institute,
turkologist Ruben Safrastyan told journalists today.

‘Over the last period of time Armenia out of the three recognized
South Caucasus states was conducting the most correct policy, as
a result of which Turkey was forced to abandon pre-conditions and
Armenia has improved its relations with the West’, – he said.

‘Moreover, I am sure that because of the Armenian-Turkish relations
Turkish political elite was divided at two camps in the person of
Prime Minister Erdogan on one hand and President Abdullah Gul and
Foreign minister Ali Babacan – on the other. In this fight the real
policy of Gul gained a victory over the populism of Erdogan, and under
a big pressure Turkey agreed to sign the roadmap’, – Safrastyan said.

He also added that sitting of Security Council of Turkey will be
held tomorrow and it is rumored that candidacy of the known political
expert Ahmed Daudov will be nominated to the post of foreign minister
of Turkey.