TURKEY WILL RATIFY THE PROTOCOLS BY FEBRUARY, STEPAN GRIGORYAN BELIEVES
Lena Badeyan

"Radiolur"
16.12.2009 16:16

Turkey will ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols by February, says
political scientist Stepan Grigoryan, Head of Analytical Centre on
Globalization and Regional Cooperation. According to him, Armenia
should insure itself against the developments expected in the region
by ratifying the protocols first.

"It’s clear that Armenia must ratify the protocols as soon as
possible, because we were the imitator of the process. Withdrawing
from the process would be senseless. Secondly, the more the situation
aggravates, the more disappointment it will bring about in the United
States, Russia and the European Union. Everyone has found its own
interest in the process. We must ratify the protocols, thus leaving
the whole responsibility to Turkey. There is going to be a serious
pressure on Turkey In the near future.

Political scientist Armen Aghayan has a completely different view of
the issue. According to him, the ratification of the protocols may
fail because of Armenia. He does not rule out however, that Turkey may
ratify the protocols ahead of April 24 fearing the US could recognize
the Armenian Genocide.