THE US HAS A MORAL STANCE

epan
06:06 pm | March 23, 2010

Political scientist Stepan Grigoryan believes Armenia and Turkey must
solve their issues tete-a-tete. "We must make Turkey recognize the
Armenian Genocide. I have a negative position on third powers trying to
reach recognition of the Armenian Genocide through pressure. After all,
no matter how many parliaments recognize the Armenian Genocide, we will
not get anything out of that as long as Turkey has not recognized it,"
the political scientist told "A1+" today.

According to Grigoryan, Turkey had to take into account that if it
didn’t ratify the Turkey-Armenia Protocols, third powers would take
advantage of that. "The US has a, to say the least, moral stance. The
US continues to touch upon the Armenian Genocide and in the end,
doesn’t recognize it. Presidential candidates feed the people with
their pledges and then don’t do anything."

Grigoryan is almost certain that Erdgoan will not accept Obama’s
invitation and leave for Washington being sure that he will be under
pressure because Serzh Sargsyan is also invited toWashington.

Grigoryan also doesn’t believe the resolution adopted by the US
Foreign Affairs Committee on the Armenian Genocide will reach the
plenary session of Congress.

According to the political scientist, Armenia must ratify the
Turkey-Armenia Protocols and not demand anything from Turkey for a
couple of months. "Turkey, with its population of 75 million people,
can’t know the truth in 3 years. Turkey needs time and we shouldn’t
rush the country. We can take a 3-5 month break."

The lack of ratification by both countries, according to Grigoryan,
is against the sides and in the interest of the third powers. "For
instance, the European countries that were against the signing of the
Turkey-Armenia Protocols were the ones that started recognizing the
Armenian Genocide, knowing that it would disturb the normalization
of relations between the two countries."

Grigoryan says the Turks also condemn Erdogan’s statement on deporting
illegal Armenians from Turkey.

"If we constantly focus on problematic issues, we will clearly lead the
ratification of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols to failure. For instance,
why don’t we talk about the fact that the Armenian community of Turkey
has an official status as a Christian community? Turkey returned
different properties, including buildings, territories and more,"
said Grigoryan.