The Armenian-Turkish process is not terminated, an expert said.

“Using football diplomacy terms, the ball was just passed to Turkey,” said Alexander Iskandaryan, head of the Caucasus Institute.

The Armenian-Turkish rapprochement has been frozen since January, according to him.

“Ankara is still expected to take action towards normalization. However, the problem is Turkey’s domestic situation. The ruling party has too low rating to take abrupt moves on the threshold of parliamentary election,” Mr. Iskandaryan said.

He also noted that U.S. President Barack Obama will hardly use the term Genocide in his April 24 statement but will use a tougher wording.