Hayk Demoyan: Turkey won't be given third chance

PanARMENIAN.Net - It was clear that after Protocols' signing in Zurich a pause should have occurred. This could also be characterized as the end of so-called football diplomacy, Armenian Genocide Museum director Hayk Demoyan said. According to him, after RA Constitutional Court's resolution was passed, Turkey attempted to turn the situation to its own advantage to insure itself against possible pressure of superpowers.



"Turkey's discontent over the resolution is Ankara's second attempt to set preconditions after Protocols' signing," he told a news conference in Yerevan. He also added that this attempt will weaken the first precondition, stipulating for parallel processes of Karabakh conflict settlement and Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.



At the same time, he did not preclude the possibility of Turkey's trying to set the third precondition, related to the resolution of RA Constitutional Court and Armenian constitution on international recognition and condemnation of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire. According to Demoyan, international community might not quite understand reasons for such actions and preconditions.



According to him, after the resignation of the first Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan in 1998, Turkey lost a chance at resolving its issues with Armenia. "Failure to normalize ties will put Turkey back where it started," Armenian Genocide Museum director said.