NEWSPAPER: TURKEY POLITICAL ELITE’S ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PANIC BECOMES BLACKMAIL

09:46, 22.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia, Turkey
Theme: Politics

YEREVAN. – The Turkish political elite’s panic with respect to the
Armenian Genocide Centennial has turned to blackmail, Hraparak daily
reported.

“[Turkish] FM [Mevlut] Cavusoglu is in the US with an entire package of
blackmail (…) making it clear that if the US recognizes the Armenian
Genocide at the level of the executive power, Turkey will provide no
assistance whatsoever to the US in the Middle East, the Arab world,
the fight against the Islamic State, Syria, Iraq, etc.

Furthermore, Turkey could freeze the US-purchased weapons’ deals.

“Turkey demands that the US not only not recognize the Armenian
Genocide, but refrain from sending a senior official to [Armenia’s
capital city of] Yerevan [to take part in the Genocide Centennial
commemorations].

“Turkey’s PM [Ahmet] Davutoglu had arrived in the UN days ago with
such other package, and yesterday [i.e. Tuesday], Deputy PM Ali
Babacan. Turkey threatens not to provide any assistance whatsoever
to the UN in a wide variety of programs, if the UN is represented
in Yerevan on April 24 [i.e. the day of the Genocide centenary]
at a high level,” Hraparak wrote.