YEREVAN. – Armenian turkologist Artak Shakaryan does not share the view that the US would recognize the Armenian Genocide to punish Turkey.  

Shakaryan himself noted the abovementioned at a press conference on Monday.

As per the analyst, the arrests of and the pressures put on the media representatives plus the corruption scandals in Turkey are badly perceived in the US because the prevailing conception in the US, according to which Turkey is a model of democracy for the other Muslim countries, has in fact failed.     

Artak Shakaryan is confident that if the US were to recognize the Armenian Genocide one day, this will not be an additional trump card to exert pressure on Turkey.