ACCORDING TO ALEXANDER ISKANDARIAN, U.S. PRESIDENT AGAIN WILL NOT PRONOUNCE WORD "GENOCIDE" ON APRIL 24

Noyan Tapan
Feb 18, 2010

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. "I do not think that U.S. President
Barack Obama will pronounce the word "genocide" on April 24 as in that
case the U.S. will lose the instrument of influencing Turkey," the
Director of the Caucasian Institute, political scientist Alexander
Iskandarian stated at a February 18 press conference. According
to his observation, one of the main "sponsors" of Armenia-Turkey
rapprochement, the U.S., gradually increases its pressure upon Turkey
for the Turkish parliament to ratify the protocols. According to A.

Iskandarian, Turkey itself does not hurry to ratify them giving as a
reason the lack of progress in the Nagorno Karabakh problem or some
hindering comma or something else.

In response to the question of who is more interested in the opening
of the Armenian-Turkish border A. Iskandarian mentioned that the U.S.,
Russia and Europe equally want it, they just use different methods
to achieve their goal. In political scientist’s opinion, if Russia
were against the normalization process of Armenia-Turkey relations
it would not permit its launching.

A. Iskandarian excluded that OSCE Minsk Group’s format will be changed
in the near future or another structure will be engaged in the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict negotiations. He also considered improbable the
predictions that Azerbaijan will resume operations against Karabakh.

As to a possible war between the U.S. and Iran, A. Iskandarian
absolutely excluded such a development declaring that the U.S. is
"stuck into" Iraqi and Afghan problems and has no new possibility of
breaking out a new war.