Washington needed Armenia and Turkey to reach agreement before Apr. 24

PanARMENIAN.Net - USA Administration has long wished for Armenia and Turkey to sign an agreement for normalization of ties. Most probably recent agreement between Yerevan and Ankara was concluded under Washington's pressure, Sinan Ogan Head of TURKSAM Center for International Relations and Strategic Study told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



US President needed Armenia and Turkey to reach agreement before Apr. 24. At his election campaign Barack Obama pledged, that as President he will recognize the Armenian Genocide. He had to take steps to prevent it from happening, Turkish expert noted.



According to Sinan Ogan, Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministries issuing a joint statement through intermediary of Switzerland does not mean US did not interfere in the issue.

Currently both USA and Russia are interested in Armenian-Turkish border opening and normalization of relations. Both Moscow and Washington are unanimous in this issue. I believe this is the reason for recent progress in Armenian-Turkish relations, Sinan Ogan noted.



Turkish Media, including Hurriyet circulated information that agreement between Yerevan and Ankara was concluded under Washington's pressure.