YEREVAN. - Turkish-Israeli relations were marked by the profound cooperation in military sphere, orientalist Ruben Melkonyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Commenting on the recall of Turkish Ambassador from Israel, Melkonyan stressed that the tension between the two countries seemed unconvincing, given the same scales of cooperation, and the dominating opinion was it is nothing but another game.

The expert argues that the prime goal of Turkey in Middle East is to establish itself as undisputed leader.

“Therefore, this sacrifice is forecasted by Turkish state machine and is justified. Now it is Israel’s turn to make retaliatory steps and it is obvious that they will push for recognition of Armenian Genocide.

I believe we must keep discreet in this respect because Israel would not recognize the Genocide for the sake of acknowledging the crime against humanity. It will base only on changing political climate,” said Melkonyan.