ARARAT ZURABYAN: RA PRESIDENT REACHED HIS GOAL AND MAY WITHDRAW FROM ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 12, 2010 – 16:50 AMT 11:50 GMT
Currently, the Armenian public is waiting for the results of
President Serzh Sargsyan’s meetings in Washington on the sidelines
of the Nuclear Security Summit, said the Chairman of the Board of
the Armenian National Movement (ANM).
"Besides, people are looking forward to hearing whether U.S. President
Barack Obama will use the term Genocide in his annual address to
the Armenian community on April 24," Ararat Zurabyan told a press
conference in Yerevan.
Mr. Zurabyan noted that he does not expect anything extraordinary from
the Armenian President’s meetings in Washington, as these meetings
are aimed at providing Obama with the opportunity not to pronounce the
word Genocide on April 24, thus, pleasing Turkey. "Roughly speaking,
the U.S. is trying to save its reputation," he noted.
He believes that not a single document will be signed during President
Sargsyan’s meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister in Washington.
"Serzh Sargsyan may withdraw both from the Armenian-Turkish process
and from the Karabakh conflict settlement, as he has already reached
his goal, i.e. he has avoided pressures with respect to the March 1,
2008 tragic events," he noted.
As for the Armenian-Turkish process, Mr. Zurabyan noted that it
would have been right, if Armenia were the first to ratify the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols, demonstrating the destructive position
of the Turkish side. "Armenia should show that the Armenian-Turkish
process does not advance through Turkey’s fault," said he.