Azerbaijani expert: If Turkey wasn't so strong today, no one would even remember the “Armenian genocide"

In your opinion, what will be the fate of the “Armenian genocide” resolution in the U.S. Congress?

First of all, Western countries have raised "Armenian question" since the late 19th century to put pressure on Turkey. The point here is not the Armenians. The West just wants to keep Turkey under control and for them it does not matter through what means they will do it. If the "Armenian genocide" is recognized, new claims related to the Kurdish and Cyprus issues will be put forward.

What do you think U.S. wants from Turkey? What is the reason for such pressure?

Iranian issue is most important for Washington in this regard. The U.S. wants Ankara to change its attitude towards Tehran. Currently, Washington builds its policy in the region around Iran.

In addition, the United States want Ankara to make changes to its relations with Moscow and Israel, which have seen some cooling in recent times And, of course, Washington wants Ankara to have more loyal attitude towards Armenia.

In general, I don't really believe that the "Armenian genocide" will be adopted at the legislative level in the U.S. Situation such as this has already occurred in 2007. But, as we see, the issue has not received legislative approval yet.
 
The United States sent its mission to Anatolia about 90 years ago to verify the "Armenian genocide" in the Ottoman Empire. Why, in your opinion, Congress didn't adopt it back then and raised it once again now?

Not the United States, but the United Kingdom was most active in the "Armenian question" a few decades ago. It should be noted, that when the Allied armies occupied the Ottoman Empire, they took most of their archives from the capital. So, today Ottoman archives are not stored in Ankara, but in London. Then there was some Antonyan report, based on data from archives, which is published by Armenia to this day, and is supposedly one of the main evidence of those events. But, as verified by the English themselves, the Antonyan documents are compiled on basis of falsified data.

The United States also sent its representatives to Anatolia and concluded that there no "Armenian genocide" took place in Turkey. But at that time Turkey was not a singular force in the region, and therefore the issue had died down, so that to appear with a renewed force at a time when Turkey would enjoy much more influence in the world and the region. If Ankara was not so strong today, no one would even remember the “Armenian genocide".


Z. Ahmadov