ArmInfo.The recognition by US President Joe Biden of the fact of the Armenian Genocide will have virtually no impact on Armenia's international position, in particular, on Yerevan's relations with Ankara and Baku. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
In the light of his forecast regarding the absence of special changes in the foreign policy of Armenia, the political scientist noted that any negotiations between Turkey and Armenia are not being conducted today. Moreover, negotiations, in fact, are not being conducted with Azerbaijan either. Moreover, according to Iskandaryan's assessments, by and large, it is the desire of Baku to bind itself to the Armenian Genocide issue that creates a mutual conditionality of the Armenian-Turkish problems with the problems between Azerbaijan and Artsakh.
In general, the political scientist assesses Baku's position in solidarity with Ankara as astonishing. Since, in his opinion, Azerbaijan has nothing at all to do, let alone any relationship with the Armenian Genocide in Turkey.
On April 24, US President Joe Biden used the term "genocide" in his statement on the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. "Every year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died during the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman era, and we again pledge to prevent the repetition of such atrocities. Starting from April 24, 1915, after the arrest of the Armenian intelligentsia and community leaders in Constantinople by the Ottoman authorities, 1.5 million Armenians were deported, killed or sent to their death in a campaign of extermination. The American people honor all Armenians who died as a result of the genocide that began 106 years ago, "the US President said.
"At the international level, everything is also quite predictable. For many years, many countries of the world, one after another, have recognized the genocide. And Turkey also periodically takes offense at these countries. But then all this passes. Accordingly, I do not expect any special, extraordinary changes in the relations between the United States and Turkey, which, among other things, are also NATO allies, "he said.
Assessing the situation, in general, as rather difficult, Iskandaryan does not think that the recognition by the United States of the historical fact of the genocide against the Armenians can seriously complicate even the relations between Washington and Ankara. In this light, he noted that the same recall of the Turkish ambassador from Washington will not change anything, recalling that Ankara behaved in a similar way in relations with the same Switzerland and France, which does not prevent Turkey from excellent cooperation with these countries today. Moreover, the latter not only recognized the genocide, but also criminalized its denial on their territory.
The political scientist explains the lack of recognition of the fact of the Armenian Genocide by other countries exclusively for political and economic reasons. Turkey is a rather influential country and many countries are not particularly keen to spoil relations with it, taking into account Ankara's hysterical perception of historical realities. At the same time, according to Iskandaryan, in general, there are no people in the world who deny the fact of the Armenian Genocide. As there are no serious historians who deny this historical fact, apart from Turkish sources, of course.