ARMENIA TURNS MORE VULNERABLE AFTER THE STEP OF ITS CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

news.az
Jan 22 2010
Azerbaijan

Constitutional Court of Armenia "The decision of the Constitutional
Court of Armenia has added to the strained relations with Turkey.

Armenia has made a step behind in this process and affected the shaky
process of reconciliation.

Thus, Armenia is the party to be blamed for the frustration of
this process", said Arif Keskin, analyst of the Turkish Center of
International Relations and Strategic Analysis and professor of the
21st century University of Ankara.

He said "if Armenia were sincere about this process and made at
least one step towards Turkey, the situation in the region would have
been different".

The political scientist also noted that "Azerbaijan’s stiff reaction
to the protocols made the Turkish officials ponder over it and the
further processes showed that Baku is right".

As for the impact of these processes on the Karabakh conflict
settlement, Keskin said "the world understood that Azerbaijan is
a key country of the region and its opinion should be taken into
account. If Azerbaijan had not taken such a position from the
beginning, imagine the state of Turkey now. As for the Karabakh
settlement, Azerbaijan must keep its positions, because after the
decision of the Constitutional Court, Armenia has become vulnerable
again despite the support by the US, France and Russia.

He did not rule out that the protocols might be withdrawn from the
Turkish parliament soon and the process will be stopped completely.

"Armenia has done a great mistake giving a ground to Ankara to reject
these protocols. Thus, the whole responsibility for the frustration of
reconciliation lies with Armenia today", the political scientist said.