James Holmes: Turkey will be blamed if talks with Armenia fail

armradio.am
06.02.2010 14:05

Turkey will be the party that circles in Washington will hold
responsible if efforts by Ankara and Yerevan to normalize their
relations fail, James Holmes, a retired US ambassador and the
president and chief executive officer of the American-Turkish Council
(ATC), has said.

Holmes, speaking with the Anatolia news agency in Washington, said he
was `hopeful, however, also concerned,’ regarding the course of
affairs in Turkey-Armenia normalization.

Holmes said everybody’s concerns will disappear if the parliaments of
both countries ratify the protocols, Anatolia reported on Friday.

`I know Washington’s history concerning this issue. Even if Turkey is
no guiltier than Yerevan, the political climate in Washington will
mean that Turkey will be held responsible for any failure. This
concerns me,’ Holmes was quoted as saying by the agency.

`Therefore, we should be very careful and prepare in case of a
negative course of events,’ he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS