Armenian Genocide Recognition Becoming an Irreversible Process: Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Armenian Genocide Recognition Becoming an Irreversible Process: Nezavisimaya Gazeta
15:55 • 05.04.10
Turkish Ambassador to the US Namik Tan will return to Washington today to prepare for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s upcoming visit to the US where, apart from holding separate meetings, he will participate in the World Nuclear Security Summit.
According to Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta (“Independent Newspaper”), Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, also invited to the same summit, is set to meet with US President Barack Obama. Besides, a meeting among Erdoğan, Sargsyan and Obama is also likely to take place in the framework of the summit as Washington is spending all possible efforts to ensure that Armenia-Turkey reconciliation will not stop once and for all.
Furthermore, analyzing recent developments in Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, the Russian publication recalls sources in Yerevan, saying that the process of Armenian Genocide recognition by the international community has now taken on an irreversible nature. In turn, the sides have so far been exchanging statements, accusing each other. These statements, according to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, are not extremely optimistic, given recent serious developments in Turkey; that is, through interviews with different local papers, some local historians, attorneys, and legal experts have called on Turkish authorities to recognize the facts of mass killings and deportations of Armenians, that reached their climax in 1915, and put an end to those tragic pages of Turkey’s history.
Against the backdrop of such a complex foreign and domestic situation, Erdoğan will have to hold talks with Obama, and also probably with Sargsyan, over issues painful for Turkey. Thus, using the metaphor of the carrot on a stick, it’s not unlikely that Erdoğan may still have to show some more carrot rather than stick.
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