“Armenia must demonstrate a clear stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I think that the first step should be the recognition of Palestine by the Parliament of Armenia”, such a statement was made by the Head of “Globalization and Regional Cooperation” NGO, also political scientist Stepan Grigoryan in the interview with “Aravot”. He does not consider this move beyond the context of Armenian matters or outdated.
Moreover, he thinks that it should be prior to marking the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. “Israel has a rather one-sided approach on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Israel is also selling advanced offensive weapons to Azerbaijan, and it built several military factories in this country and so on. In other words, Israel is obviously running an anti-Armenian policy in the region,” he said, adding that Israel is also obviously running a subjective, even hostile policy on other issues. “For example, on January 28, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Israeli leader said in his speech from the UN podium that the other genocides should be condemned, including the “Khojaly massacre”.
Such a statement ahead of the Genocide Centennial is obviously a hostile attitude,” opines the political analyst and believes that the Armenian side should not leave this statement unanswered. The move of recognizing the independence of Palestine by Armenia, according to him, will be viewed quite well by Europe and Russia, which also supports the interests of the Palestine on this issue. “Several European countries’ parliaments, and Sweden even at the government level, recognized the independence of Palestine. But most importantly, the Arab world will respond to Armenia’s move positive, which will boost the future Genocide recognition process.”
Nelly GRIGORYAN
