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YEREVAN. – The Armenian Genocide’s recognition by the United States is linked with Armenia’s international sway, political scientist Yervand Bozoyan stated during a press conference on Wednesday.    

He noted that if Armenia’s sway becomes weak, they could even avoid using the Armenian word “yeghern” to describe the Genocide. “That is why there is [only] a slight hope that the US will recognize the Genocide and apply large-scale pressure on Turkey. The Armenian-Turkish football diplomacy damaged the Genocide’s recognition by US. When that policy did not exist, there were no relations between Armenia and Turkey and the latter had no grounds as to why the US should not recognize the Genocide,” Bozoyan stated.       

He added that as long as the football diplomacy exists and the protocols are at the parliaments of Armenia and Turkey, the latter will formally ask the international community not to get in the way of normalizing relations with Armenia, and therefore it will announce that the international community will hinder these relations by recognizing the Genocide. 

“All of us comprehend that this is a deceit, and we ourselves have created it and put ourselves into a trap. So, Obama and the leaders of other countries note that it is better not to obstruct the normalization of ties between both countries,” the analyst said, and added: “For the first time in the past twenty years of the US presidential elections, the candidates did not reflect on the Armenian Genocide issue and made no pledges in their election programs.”    

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