YEREVAN DEFEATED BECAUSE OF ILLITERACY AND POLITICAL SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS, SAYS ANALYST

Tert
Oct 28 2009
Armenia

When Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said he was going to invite
Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Armenia and consented to the creation
of a commission of historians, from the beginning, he provided Turkey
with such a factor that the latter hadn’t received in decades, said
Director of Politeconomia Centre, candidate of science Andranik
Tevanyan today.

The Armenian president’s second biggest mistake, according to the
analyst, is the fact that he came to an agreement with Abdullah Gul
on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

Only a few months later, the Armenian leadership realized what a
gross mistake it had made, Tevanyan said. "This is the case when he
initiates the game but loses the influence."

The reasons for Yerevan’s defeat, according to the analyst, are
hidden in "diplomatic illiteracy, political short-sightedness and
simple dilettantism."

As a consequence, Turkey received an advantage because, in the
analyst’s opinion, with the signing of the Protocols, international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide came to a halt.

"Unfortunately, people who think they are intelligent or a dominant
political force in Armenia state they must remove the Genocide issue
from Armenia’s foreign policy agenda," Tevanyan said.

According to him, this is empty talk, since the Armenian Genocide is
an issue of state security.

"The idea that, in the 21st century, all people are brothers is a
bluff," concluded Tevanyan.