ARMENIANS OF TURKEY-BARGAINING CHIP FOR ANKARA
News.am
March 16 2010
Armenia
March 15, Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu speaking in the Parliament’s
Foreign Affairs Commission touched upon country’s strategy against
adoption of Armenian Genocide resolutions by several parliaments.
According to Turkish Sabah daily, Davutoglu opposed recalling of
Armenia-Turkey Protocols from the Parliament, adding that they have
no intention to do it. "Presently, the Protocols are a criticial tool
for us. We use the documents as deterrents," Davutoglu said.
Turkish FM also denied oppositions’ proposal to deport 70.000 Armenian
citizens illegally residing in Turkey. "If we do it, it will provoke
other states opposing our policy to use it as a bargaining chip. All
newspapers will publish photos of deported Armenians and it will
be called a nationalism, having Turkey being in a hotter seat,"
he outlined.
Foreign Minister also did not welcome initiative on closure of
Injerlik base, noting that Turkey and U.S. actively cooperate on
fight against terrorism and PKK, so the base should not be used as
a leverage against the U.S.
From: Baghdasarian