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“France Sold the Rejection of the Bill Banning the Denial of the Genocide to Turkey,” Ruben Mehrabyan Says

July 07,2012 15:08

 Turkey found all sanctions against France void; it hailed the opening of a warmer phase in relations with France. According to Reuters, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said this on Thursday in Paris, since the bill banning the denial of the Armenian Genocide had not entered into force. During the joint press conference, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that the bill was unlikely to be resurrected. Let us remind that in February the Constitutional Council rejected the bill passed by both houses of the parliament, finding that it restricted the freedom of speech. Nonetheless, in January the Senate approved the bill, which was passed by the lower house of the parliament in December. Representatives of the

Armenian diplomatic corps and political forces reacted to the developments concerning the bill with happiness, assessing it as a victory of Armenia and Hay Dat.

Ruben Mehrabyan, an expert of the Center for Political and International Studies, responding to a question during a conversation with www.aravot.am why France had decided to use the bill banning the denial of the Genocide “as a napkin,” said, “France as one of the pivotal countries of the EU, as a member of the UN Security Council had its own interests in the region and all this should be considered in that context. Taking into account that there is this tangle of Armenian-Turkish relations, the French used that in their interests with as high efficiency as possible, in order to promote their interests not only in the South Caucasus, but also in the Middle East.” Using the Armenian factor inside the country, in our interlocutor’s opinion, the French state put Turkey under intense pressure, after which lifting that pressure, it didn’t make any promises to Turkey, nonetheless, there was no mention of compromise in terms of European integration.

“Actually France sold the rejection of the bill banning the denial of the Genocide to Turkey,” Ruben Mehrabyan concludes and adds resolving concerns that not only Armenia, but also Turkey has been used. After all this, the political scientist only asserts and is sorry about “how short-sighted and inexperienced the Armenian diplomacy is” and how stereotyped our perceptions of the regional developments are. He also notes that Turkey is not a small country either, it has its interests, but it cannot be broad-minded, consider issues from the long-term perspective and it is not able to go even 1mm beyond its historical stereotypes. “This circle of the bill banning the denial of the Genocide hasn’t contributed to the Armenian-Turkish normalization in any way. I am sorry, since it is in the direct interest of the Armenian security and sovereignty to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia,” the political scientist says. In response to a question of www.aravot.am what the Armenian diplomatic corps, which reacted to those developments with happiness a few months ago, should do, Ruben Mehrabyan said, “It should seriously edit its world outlook as a whole. Those who were happy had better apologize to the public for their sancta simplicitas. It is enough of putting the Armenian state and the Armenian people in such awkward positions with their stupid happiness.”

Our interlocutor advises not to find the clue to normalizing the Armenian-Turkish relations in a third country, “The governments of Armenia and Turkey should find the courage to normalize the intergovernmental relations without preconditions for the benefit of their own peoples. Not only will the Armenian and Turkish peoples, but also the whole region benefit from that.”

Nelly GRIGORYAN

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