Armenia, Turkey have more important tasks than Baku problem

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has been trying to use the potential of its complementary policy as regards Turkey, an Armenian expert said.



"In late 1990-ies the Armenian political elite formed a concept of 'historical responsibility' to exploit the fact of the Armenian Genocide as unconventional weapon to open the border and normalize relations with the neighbor," Sergey Minasyan, the head of political studies department at Caucasus Institute said during "Turkey-Armenia Dialogue Series: Breaking the Vicious Cycle" seminar in Yerevan.



The point is that the Karabakh factor is not urgent in Turkey while the Armenian Genocide still remains a very sensitive issue there, according to him.



"It's hard to say to what extent the goals and interests of Ankara and Yerevan can coincide. But the fact is that our Turk fellows arrived to participate on our today's event; the fact is that Turkish President Abdullah Gul paid a visit Armenia. All this inspires hope for a possibility to reach an agreement," Mr. Minasyan said.