Armenian Genocide Issue Rattles Peace Process
April 24th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
Apr 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Armenia declined to the proceedings of peace accords with neighboring nation Turkey on Thursday. The USA has been trying for some time to make peace among the hostile neighboring nations. Predominantly Christian Armenia and Muslim dominated Turkey had been at loggerheads with each other for several years. The countries agreed to set up diplomatic relations and unseal the border last year. It was an effort to overcome the gruesome killing of the Armenians in World War One by the Ottoman Turks. However, the process was already in turmoil with each country accusing the other of trying to set new conditions.
When Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister said that the peace ratification will depend on Armenia striking deal with Turkey’s close ally Azerbaijan over the controversial area of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenians got angry. Serzh Sarksyan, the president of Armenia said that the country does not want to end the peace process but there was no other choice than suspending it for some time. He reiterated in his statement that he wants peace. He also added that the peace talks can resume when Armenia finds Turkey co operative and the conditions seem favorable.
Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime minister of Turkey said on his part that his country too is willing to resume the peace process. However, he did not say anything on withdrawing the condition that made the Armenians see red. The move by Armenia is being seen y many political veterans as a political move to create pressure on Turkey. Turkey still refuses to use the term genocide while referring to the Christian Armenians who died in partisan fighting in 1915.
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