Armenian-Turkish protocols ratification in coma

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-Turkish protocols ratification process is in a coma and the fact that Armenia is preparing to recognize them invalid may strike a final blow to the process of normalization of relations between the two countries, Turkish analyst Ömer Taşpınar said. According to him, Ankara may use it as a convenient excuse to persuade the world community that the Armenian side wrecked the process. However, it is not realistic, since the problem has a "Washington-front" as well.



"If Serzh Sargsyan withdraws a signature, then in Washington all charges will be brought against the Turkish side. U.S. will conclude that the Turkish authorities have linked the Armenian-Turkish protocols with the Karabakh settlement. In this regard asesments of Washington and Yerevan are identical: opening of the Armenian-Turkish border and establishment of diplomatic relations are in no way connected with the Karabakh settlement. Meanwhile, Ankara use the issue of Karabakh as a precondition for political purposes," Taşpınar wrote.



"In order to avoid establishing any connection between Karabakh settlement and the Armenian-Turkish processes, Yerevan even more will stay on his ground. In the U.S. Congress the process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide will develop at a greater force, and Obama, in turn, will be in a quandary," the Turkish expert wrote.



"Let Yerevan and Ankara present for ratification to their parliaments only one of the protocols, " Ömer Taşpınar concluded, the newspaper Sabah wrote.