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YEREVAN. – The Turkish political elite’s panic with respect to the Armenian Genocide Centennial has turned to blackmail, Hraparak daily reported.

“[Turkish] FM [Mevlut] Cavusoglu is in the US with an entire package of blackmail (…) making it clear that if the US recognizes the Armenian Genocide at the level of the executive power, Turkey will provide no assistance whatsoever to the US in the Middle East, the Arab world, the fight against the Islamic State, Syria, Iraq, etc. Furthermore, Turkey could freeze the US-purchased weapons’ deals.

“Turkey demands that the US not only not recognize the Armenian Genocide, but refrain from sending a senior official to [Armenia’s capital city of] Yerevan [to take part in the Genocide Centennial commemorations].   

“Turkey’s PM [Ahmet] Davutoglu had arrived in the UN days ago with such other package, and yesterday [i.e. Tuesday], Deputy PM Ali Babacan. Turkey threatens not to provide any assistance whatsoever to the UN in a wide variety of programs, if the UN is represented in Yerevan on April 24 [i.e. the day of the Genocide centenary] at a high level,” Hraparak wrote.

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