“The signed historical protocols with Armenia are losing their attractiveness with each passing day. General evaluation by Washington shows that Ankara is to be blamed for the point we arrived at. The Obama administration is very negative about the future of this protocol and the Genocide resolution,” reads the article by Mehmet Ali Birand published by Hurriyet Daily News. NEWS.am posts the full text.

“If we gather evaluations and statements made by those monitoring upper-level authorities in Washington closely in this regard, then a totally different scenario from what we assumed emerges.

One of the very first steps taken by the Obama administration in order to get rid of this genocide dilemma was to bring Turkey and Armenia together for a long process of discussion. Those who characterized this as a ‘step taken deliberately’ complain, &‘We spent a lot of effort and time.’

The same circles that draw attention to the process that started with a visit by the president and continued with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton focusing on this issue say that Turkey is responsible for what happened later on.

According to the Americans, Turkey was not able to effectively convince Azerbaijan in time. People believe that after the signing the protocols it surrendered to Baku’s brisk reaction too soon.

The prime minister linking the condition of signing the protocols in Parliament to the Karabakh issue is perceived by them as a &‘fatal stroke.’

And the decision of the Armenian Constitutional Court they perceive as an &‘intelligible reaction’ that does not hinder the protocol in harmony with the country’s general atmosphere.

It is being called attention to how the Obama administration will react when this now in Washington prioritized issue of Genocide resolution in respect to Turkey comes up in Congress.

The same authority says &‘the shortest and most effective way to change this situation is for Turkey to separate the Armenian protocols from a solution in Karabakh,’ knowing how difficult this is. But he can't restrain himself from saying, &‘There is no other way out.’

You see there are again black clouds gathering in Washington, as typical each year. The same scenarios will be played. Mutual threats, unnecessary tension and relations harmed.

Will Washington just observe this situation?

The following is the answer we get:

&‘Can you tell us what Turkey does to make Obama not lose his bonus by taking back his promise? Why should we put the president into a difficult situation only to please an Ankara that constantly beats Israel or is at adverse terms with us regarding Iran?’

Recently opponents of the AKP in Washington are able to more effectively make their views public. In the beginning the Obama administration did not pay much attention and continued supporting Erdogan. But this support has slowly eroded. They say, &‘We no longer can pretend not hear their voices. We have started to feel that something is fishy about Turkish foreign politics.’

This is the latest situation in the Armenian Genocide resolution, to the attention of all those who are related to the subject.”