RATIFICATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS CAN RAISE POSSIBILITY OF NEW WAR IN KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2010 15:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is likely to meet
with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in Washington. This meeting will
offer the U.S. President a chance to avoid using the term Genocide in
his April 24 address to the Armenian community, said Kiro Manoyan, ARF
Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office director.

"Erdogan knows that his refusal to take part in the impending Nuclear
Security Summit will bring more pressure on Turkey. So, he will go to
the U.S. to try to prevent recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Mr.

Obama," he said. "The U.S. is interested in normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations. With ratification of protocols, it will
relieve the burden of Woodrow Wilson’s arbitration award."

As to Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Mr. Manoyan said no
progress is expected. "War is possible on two cases: if Azerbaijan is
confident of victory and if Turkey sacrifices Azerbaijan’s interests
for reconciliation with Armenia. At that, ratification of protocols
can raise the possibility of a new war in Karabakh," he said.