In the complicated geopolitical situation Armenia has found itself in, official Yerevan must find ways out relying on the Armenian people’s wisdom, Vladimir Zharikhin, Deputy Director of the Institute of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) stated during a Yerevan-Moscow space bridge on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

In making decisions the Armenian authorities must consider the Armenian citizens’ interests, as the Diaspora often “absolutizes” its approaches to numerous issues to the detriment of the country they are not nationals of. The expert stressed that constructive approaches to numerous foreign policy issues create preconditions for the further development of Armenian statehood.

As regards the reasons for Turkey’s unwillingness to admit the Armenian Genocide, Zharikhin pointed out that official Ankara is thus trying to secure itself against possible material and territorial responsibility. “Turkey is afraid of the precedent, the recognition of the Jewish Holocaust, but, probably, an international commission has to be formed to settle the issues in case Turkey admits the Armenian Genocide, laying emphasis on the fact that the admission of the Holocaust and further consequences for Germany should be considered an exception, without serving as a precedent for many similar cases,” Zharikhin said.

T.P.