Ruben Safrastyan: Obama excelled his predecessors
U.S. President Barack Obama excelled his predecessors in his annual April 24 statement and this fact is welcome, an Armenian professor said.
"Obama employed the term Genocide, which is used by Armenians and has no legal power, while Genocide is the term used in international law. Nevertheless, I think progress has been fixed and adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution will not be opposed by the White House any longer," Ruben Safrastyan, director of the NAS RA Institute of Oriental Studies, told PanARMENIAN.Net.
At that, he thinks that the joint statement issued by the Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministries was not the key reason for Obama's not saying 'genocide'.
"Turkey is an important ally for U.S. in case with Afghanistan and Iraq. The Armenian-Turkish relations have nothing to do with it," prof. Safrastyan said.
"Obama employed the term Genocide, which is used by Armenians and has no legal power, while Genocide is the term used in international law. Nevertheless, I think progress has been fixed and adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution will not be opposed by the White House any longer," Ruben Safrastyan, director of the NAS RA Institute of Oriental Studies, told PanARMENIAN.Net.
At that, he thinks that the joint statement issued by the Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministries was not the key reason for Obama's not saying 'genocide'.
"Turkey is an important ally for U.S. in case with Afghanistan and Iraq. The Armenian-Turkish relations have nothing to do with it," prof. Safrastyan said.
