Tuesday, April 16 2019 15:02

ArmInfo. Washington's decision on the Armenian Genocide, whatever it may be, will not affect Ankara's position on this issue. This opinion on April 16 at a press  conference was expressed by Victor Nadein-Rayevsky, senior researcher  at the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Black  Sea-Caspian Region, leading researcher at the Institute of World  Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of  Sciences.

He recalled that in the last period, relations between the US and  Turkey have worsened due to sanctions that Trump threatened to  impose, which caused by Bacchanalia around Ankara's purchase of  Russian C- 400 complexes, and other factors. "Even if the US  recognizes the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire,  this is unlikely to have an impact on Ankara's position. On the  contrary, it is expected that this will lead to an outbreak of  tensions in American-Turkish relations and expressing discontent with  the Turkish side," the Russian expert said, at the same time urging  to wait on April 24 and the speech of US President Donald Trump.

In this regard, he recalled that the former leaders of the United  States, despite pre-election promises, did not hold back these words  after coming to power, and did not recognize the fact of the Armenian  Genocide. As an example, he cited the previous president of the  United States, Barack Obama, who, although he uttered the phrase  "Mets Yeghern" ("Big Massacre" Armenian Ed. note) during the annual  appeal, but did not use the term "genocide".

In conclusion, he once again stated that Turkey will continue to  demonstrate its independence from external players in every way,  therefore it is unlikely that it will follow the example of the  United States, even if Washington recognizes the Armenian Genocide.