Washington meetings gave the last chance to save Armenia-Turkey process, but the information on the meetings seems will be kept secret till April 24, Director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies Richard Giragosian told journalists on April 21.

According to him, Washington meetings are notable for Turkey’s significant pressure by the U.S. having Azerbaijan not invited to the nuclear security summit. “Azerbaijan is resentful at Turkey and disappointed with the U.S.,” he said.

Another crucial thing is that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev leaves for Turkey on May 11. According to him, in this regard it can be assumed that Sargsyan-Erdogan Washington meeting was the first, but not the last one that will continue in Moscow in the months ahead.

As for Armenia-Turkey normalization, the expert deems “Armenia plays chess, whereas Turkey makes a show. Turkey seeks to present the return of two regions as a compromise, as if it wants not all regions, but these two only, which obviously cannot be a compromise.”

Summing up the anniversary of Armenia-Turkey process, Giragosian stressed that Armenia gained two strategic victories: firstly, Azerbaijan-Turkey relations deteriorated sharply, having “One nation, two states” principle betrayed. The second one is that U.S. and Russia declared of Armenia-Turkey reconciliation not linked with Karabakh peace process.

L.A.