ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COVER UP CONTINUES--NO END IN SIGHT

Erdogan’s meeting with Sirinoglu a PR move, expert says15:29 / 03/31/2010
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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