“ARMENIA SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF PALESTINE”

February 5 2015

“Armenia must demonstrate a clear stance on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. I think that the first step should be the recognition of
Palestine by the Parliament of Armenia”, such a statement was made
by the Head of “Globalization and Regional Cooperation” NGO, also
political scientist Stepan Grigoryan in the interview with “Aravot”.

He does not consider this move beyond the context of Armenian matters
or outdated.

Moreover, he thinks that it should be prior to marking the centennial
of the Armenian Genocide. “Israel has a rather one-sided approach on
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Israel is also selling advanced offensive
weapons to Azerbaijan, and it built several military factories in
this country and so on. In other words, Israel is obviously running
an anti-Armenian policy in the region,” he said, adding that Israel
is also obviously running a subjective, even hostile policy on other
issues. “For example, on January 28, the Holocaust Remembrance Day,
the Israeli leader said in his speech from the UN podium that the
other genocides should be condemned, including the “Khojaly massacre”.

Such a statement ahead of the Genocide Centennial is obviously a
hostile attitude,” opines the political analyst and believes that the
Armenian side should not leave this statement unanswered. The move of
recognizing the independence of Palestine by Armenia, according to him,
will be viewed quite well by Europe and Russia, which also supports
the interests of the Palestine on this issue. “Several European
countries’ parliaments, and Sweden even at the government level,
recognized the independence of Palestine. But most importantly, the
Arab world will respond to Armenia’s move positive, which will boost
the future Genocide recognition process.”

Nelly GRIGORYAN

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