news.am, Armenia
April 10 2010

No stalemate in Armenian-Turkish process, expert says

13:23 / 04/10/2010`The Armenian-Turkish process is progressing. Turkey
is simply interested in the process itself, while Armenia is
interested in certain results, which it does not get,’ the political
analyst Ruben Mehabyan told NEWS.am, speaking of the possible results
of the Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting in Washington. According to him,
Armenia does not get the results because Turkey links the
Armenian-Turkish process to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.

`The present task is to show the world the Armenia-Turkish process is
not in a stalemate, and Nagorno-Karabakh will be the focus of the
Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting. Erdogan has stated that,’ he said.

As regards the Armenian side’s flat refusal to link the
Armenian-Turkish process to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process,
Mehrabyan stated that `the Armenian side very often states one thing,
but it can actually act in a different or even opposite, way. Certain
events to take place in Washington will save the President Obama the
trouble of uttering the word `genocide’. Secondly, something will
enable the sides to state the Armenian-Turkish process is going on.
And, of course, some things related to Nagorno-Karabakh will be
specified,’ he said.

As to whether the U.S. leader will manage to get the Nagorno-Karabakh
problem considered separately from the Armenian-Turkish process, the
expert said: `I think it is hardly likely ` the Turkish public, as
well as Azerbaijan, will not have it.’

T.P.