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    ERDOGAN'S MEETING WITH SIRINOGLU A PR MOVE, EXPERT SAYS

    news.am
    March 31 2010
    Armenia

    The fact whether U.S. President Obama will use the word "genocide"
    during his speech depends on the arrangement reached in the course of
    the Sargsyan-Obama meeting in Washington, Turkish studies expert Artak
    Shakaryan told journalists on Wednesday. He deems the Presidents are
    likely to discuss Obama's April 24 speech and the vote on a Genocide
    Resolution in the U.S. Congress.

    According to the expert, in Washington, Serzh Sargsyan will try
    to play a withdrawal card. "It is the only chance for Armenia and
    we must take it," he added. Shakaryan thinks that, after achieving
    certain arrangements with Obama, RA President will make a statement
    on Armenia's freezing negotiations or withdrawing from the process.

    Commenting on Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan's recent meeting with
    the Istanbul-based Armenian community leader Bedros Sirinoglu, the
    expert called it a "PR move". He said that Erdogan's statement about
    deportation of illegal Armenian immigrants was severely criticized
    both in and outside Turkey. Thus, he needed to improve his image.

    "Sirinoglu is one of Premier's friends and he was invited to show
    that Ankara is holding a dialogue with the local Armenian community,"
    Shakaryan said.

    Artak Shakaryan also added that Sirinoglu is not the leader of the
    Istanbul Armenian community, as the Patriarch has been considered
    leader since 1400s.
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