Armenia may exploit genocide issue as geopolitical factor: expert

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15.05.2010, 21:06

A prominent Armenian expert in Turkish studies said today the official Yerevan may exploit the issue of Genocide committed against Armenians by the Ottoman Turkey during WWI as a geopolitical factor.

YEREVAN, May 14, /ARKA/. A prominent Armenian expert in Turkish studies said today the official Yerevan may exploit the issue of Genocide committed against Armenians by the Ottoman Turkey during WWI as a geopolitical factor.

Speaking at a news conference Ruben Safrastian, director of Oriental Studies Institute, an affiliation of Armenian Academy of Sciences, said by using the genocide as a geopolitical factor when contacting with Turkey Armenia may achieve success.

He said now is a good time for official Yerevan to step up efforts for international recognition of the genocide, but admitted this is going to be a very difficult job, adding that from the geopolitical perspective now is the best time for doing so.

Safrastian downplayed concerns in Armenia that the warming Turkish-Russian relations, supported by several key agreements, signed this week during Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Turkey, may affect the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process.

“The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs have repeatedly said they do not wish to see Turkey as a fourth co-chair and besides, Turkey’s involvement in the peace process does not stem from Russia’s interests, since it is Russia’s main rival in the region. I think we can be calm in this regard,” Safrastian said. -0-

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