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    TURKEY HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE POSITION OF A CHILD YEARNING FOR CANDY: BOZOYAN

    Tert.am
    11:11 ~U 31.03.10

    Turkish society has been convinced that Armenia is ready for
    concessions, political analyst Yervand Bozoyan told Tert.am.

    "The expectation of those concessions resulted in Turkey stiffening
    its stance," said Bozoyan, adding that Turkey hoped to put a halt
    to the process of recognizing the Armenian Genocide through the
    Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

    "There's also an expectation within their people. There were no such
    expectations before. This is similar to that situation in which candy
    is shown to a child but he or she is not allowed to taste it. If you
    don't give the candy to the child, he or she begins to want it. Turkey
    has found itself in a similar situation: we showed it the candy and
    now we say, 'You know, we're not going to give it to you.' And they're
    saying: 'What do you mean, the candy is ours.' They consider the
    genocide issue closed. And now when we refer to that issue, the Turks
    see it as a way to exert pressure and they get angry," he explained.

    According to Bozoyan, at this stage, it's beneficial for Armenia that
    the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement be rightfully halted temporarily. But
    he does not see such a possibility today, as it will not be in the
    interest of the world powers standing behind the process.

    Bozoyan believes that it will raise serious discontent in the West,
    should the Armenian side unilaterally declare that it's stepping out
    of the process. In his words, the US, Russia and European countries
    are hinting at Armenia that, should it withdraw from the rapprochement
    process, a war could begin in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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