The Treaty of Sevres can be used by the West to make demands on Turkey on a favourable occasion, announced historian Ashot Melkonyan on August 10 meeting with journalists. According to him, many countries remind Turkey of August 10 1920, the day when the Treaty of Sevres was signed. “The absence of ratification doesn’t mean that the legal document is nullified. In Woodraw Wilson’s legal decision there’s a curious statute, according to which the Entente Powers assigned Wilson as arbiter to draw the Armenian-Turkish border, and at the moment when he will prepare the document to present to the big states, it will acquire legal force, regardless of the fact the whole documents is ratified, or not. This means that the arbiter’s decision was in effect on November 22 1920.”

As Melkonyan noted the Treaty of Sevres wasn’t enforced, because the West didn’t pursue its implementation duly, but a favorable occasion will be used to make demands on Turkey. As an example he said that in the Turkish political circles there’s been disposition to Islam, which might displeasure the West. “It is noticeable that Turkey has recently claimed the role of a leader in the Arabic world. And it is not surprising that social surveys show that the Turkish society considers the United States their number one enemy and Armenia – the second,” said the historian.

It’s worthy to note that August 10 is the 90th anniversary of Treaty of Sevres, which put Turkey under an obligation to return part of its Armenia’s historical lands of 100.000 square meters. The treaty provided access to sea for Armenia.