“U.S. is stepping up its role in brokering reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey, aiming to reinvigorate the stalled process,” reads the article by Joshua Kucera — writer specialized in security issues in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East, available on EurasiaReview.com website. According to the author, consideration of Genocide Resolution in Congress “is shaping up as a wild card in the delicate process.”

Kucera offers opinions of some experts concerning the U.S. involvement in the reconciliation process. “The U.S. role has been indispensable in this process. If the United States doesn’t continually encourage the parties, the likelihood of ratification is greatly diminished,” reckons David Phillips — former chair of the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission.

Emil Sanamyan, the editor of Armenian Reporter deems that debate over Genocide Resolution is an attempt to urge Turkey to ratify the Protocols. “Since it was introduced there was no progress at all, because I think the Obama administration asked the Congressional leadership, Nancy Pelosi and Howard Berman, not to touch the resolution while there was progress being made. Now, clearly, progress is not being made, the process is stalled and lo and behold, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee schedules a vote on it for early March,” the author quotes Sanamyan.

Some experts consider State Department’s attempts to force Turkey to ratify the documents by resolution vote a “miscalculation”. Soner Cagaptay — director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says that U.S. leverage over Turkey is weakened, “So there’s not a lot the United States can do to make the Turks move forward on this,” he stated.