Expert: Genocide recognition within Turkey will come after normalization of relations with Armenia, not beforeJune 21, 2007 - 18:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "I think only if internal developments in Turkey create a situation in which a Turkish government deems it in their interest to change its policy toward Armenia. I think this is unlikely, however, without a significant move on Armenia's part to ease the Karabakh conflict," Mr Cory Welt, Deputy Director and Fellow of Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net "Though the current peace process appears to have failed, I still have hope that a "package" deal can at some point be arranged by which Armenia returns most of the occupied territories outside Nagorno Karabakh in exchange for the normalization of relations with Turkey, postponing resolution of the political status of Nagorno Karabakh for a later date." "It is ironic that Turkish-Armenian relations are held hostage to the Karabakh conflict more than to the issue of genocide recognition, but I believe that this is indeed the case. If genocide recognition within Turkey happens at all, it will only come after a normalization of relations with Armenia, not before," he said. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |