ARMENIA FACING DILEMMA AFTER WASHINGTON MEETINGS: SERGEI MINASYAN

Tert.am
17.04.10

There are two possible scenarios for Armenia-Turkey normalization to
develop after the recent meetings in Washington, political scientist
and Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergei Minasyan said
while talking to Tert.am.

"I do not possess accurate information about the domestic discussions,
but I have the impression that Armenia has faced a dilemma after those
meetings: it will either renounce from the Armenia-Turkey Protocols
or it will continue the process without ratifying the Protocols if
it has been given some guarantees by US and Turkey," said Minasyan.

After the meetings in Washington, according to Minasyan, it is less
probable that the Protocols will be ratified.

"The probability that the Protocols will be ratified is very low
as either one of the sides will withdraw from the process or the two
sides will attempt finding another format for the process to continue,"
explained Minasyan, adding that if the Protocols are not ratified it
does not necessarily mean that the normalization slows down.