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Armenian Genocide recognition factor can become a tool to pressure for Armenia
01.02.2007 18:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The resolution of recognizing the Armenian Genocide
by the U.S. Congress does not mean anything and does not change
anything itself. It does not have power of law, said director of
Caucasian Media Institute, political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan
during an interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. In his words,
the resolution is just a call, which makes initiate some changes. `The
Armenian Genocide recognition factor can become a tool to exert
pressure for Armenia. Armenia is a tiny nation and it cannot influence
on Turkey but it can do that through the U.S.A.,' he stressed.
The Armenian political scientist also said that Armenian policy on
Turkey should be `not from down to up, as it is now, but from up to
down.' `We must be concerned with the events in the neighboring
country, welcome all positive changes and wish it not only as
Armenians, but also as Europeans, as members of the Council of
Europe. We must understand and try to help. Let's just imagine what a
difficult way Turkey must cover on the way of democracy, freedom of
speech and human rights protection. For Armenia it is important not
Turkey's membership to the European Union, but the process of it. The
same concerns and the borders: not the opening of borders, but talks
over it. Once I have said, that we should swing the carrot in the form
of EU membership in front of Turkey's nose and now I repeat it,'
stressed the Armenian political scientist.
Armenian Genocide recognition factor can become a tool to pressure for Armenia
01.02.2007 18:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The resolution of recognizing the Armenian Genocide
by the U.S. Congress does not mean anything and does not change
anything itself. It does not have power of law, said director of
Caucasian Media Institute, political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan
during an interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. In his words,
the resolution is just a call, which makes initiate some changes. `The
Armenian Genocide recognition factor can become a tool to exert
pressure for Armenia. Armenia is a tiny nation and it cannot influence
on Turkey but it can do that through the U.S.A.,' he stressed.
The Armenian political scientist also said that Armenian policy on
Turkey should be `not from down to up, as it is now, but from up to
down.' `We must be concerned with the events in the neighboring
country, welcome all positive changes and wish it not only as
Armenians, but also as Europeans, as members of the Council of
Europe. We must understand and try to help. Let's just imagine what a
difficult way Turkey must cover on the way of democracy, freedom of
speech and human rights protection. For Armenia it is important not
Turkey's membership to the European Union, but the process of it. The
same concerns and the borders: not the opening of borders, but talks
over it. Once I have said, that we should swing the carrot in the form
of EU membership in front of Turkey's nose and now I repeat it,'
stressed the Armenian political scientist.