DEAL IN TURKEY’S FAVOR

news.am
Oct 28 2009
Armenia

Only in Zurich Armenia has realized that Turkey managed to turn the
Armenia-Turkey process to their favorable channel," Director of the
Political Economy Center Andranik Tevanyan said at the press conference
Oct. 28.

According to him, it is too late to try to turn the process in favor
for Armenia. He says only a hard-line strategy in Nagorno-Karabakh
may improve Armenia’s situation. Tevanyan reminded that it is only
due to initiatives of Armenian authorities that the Karabakh issue
became part of Turkey’s foreign policy.

Earlier, when Armenian Genocide was burning issue for Turkey, Ankara
had not interfered into Azeri problems. However, due to the "football
diplomacy" the Genocide is no more a headache for Turkey. "They managed
to relegate the Genocide issue to just a point in Armenia-Turkey
relations. Whereas, the Karabakh peace process was puffed up on
the scale of Palestine-Israel conflict requiring immediate action,"
assures the expert.