Monday, May 3 2021 17:42

ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on May 3 in parliament named the reasons that contributed to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by US  President Joe Biden, answering the question of independent MP Arman  Babajanyan what Yerevan plans to do in connection with Biden's  recognition of the Armenian Genocide, does Armenia really understand,  how recognition can improve security; and what opportunities it can  create in the region and in the world.

 So, according to Pashinyan, there is one long-term factor, one medium-term factor and two  short-term factors. "The long-term factor, of course, is the  consistent work of the Armenian community of the United States and  all Diaspora organizations. The medium-term factor is the regional  policy of Turkey and the dissonance that has arisen between Turkey  and the United States in this context. The short-term factors are the  first, it is the 44-day war and frank, active involvement of Turkey  in it and the second factor is that Armenia is a democratic country.  These four factors, in my opinion, led to the adoption of this  unprecedented and historic decision by the President of the United  States, "Pashinyan said.  In this vein, the acting Prime Minister  believes that these factors are also related to the Artsakh issue and  its further settlement. "If we add to the fact of the recognition of  the Armenian Genocide by the US President the comments that the RF  President gave after the war, speaking about the origin of the  Karabakh issue and the security of the Armenians of Artsakh. If we  also add to this the second joint statement of the OSCE MG co-chairs  after the war, we will see that all these processes have deep  connections, " he said.

Nikol Pashinyan did not specify what ideas the Armenian government  has in this regard, but noted that the topic could be discussed with  the parliamentary forces.

To recall, on April 24, the US President used the term "genocide" in  his annual address to refer to the events in the Ottoman Empire in  1915. Biden used the term "genocide" along with the Armenian term  "Metz Yegern" (great massacre - Ed.). Previous US presidents avoided  using this term in their messages, and limited themselves only to the  wording "Metz Yegern". Turkey reacted negatively to this step of the  US President. Ankara stated that it rejects this statement and this  will negatively affect the future of Turkish-American relations.