If you think the situation is hopelessly stuck, try this scenario:
First a bit more backfill:
From my last post perhaps we can conclude that (1) Kocharian made a statement that effectively stopped the dialogue between the two countries on the issue, and (2) Turkey has apparently concluded that the whole thing needs to be put on hold until there is different leadership in Armenia. This is not unlike the American decision to no longer talk with Arafat.
Ok, now if Kocharian truly wants progress, watch this:
(1). Imagine the French ambassador to the United States having a small dinner party, and inviting the ambassadors from Turkey and Armenia. They attend, the Turkish ambassador having gotten permission, the Armenian ambassador having gotten marching orders to set the whole thing up.
(2). At that function the following Armenian position is posed, which has two parts:
Part One:
(1). Armenia will for now stop all political movement towards international recognition of the genocide.
(2). Armenia will support Turkey’s EU bid.
(3). Armenia intends to create a workable peace offer on Nagorno-Karabakh to try and defuse that situation and requests Turkish assistance in crafting such an offer. If an offer can be created Armenia also requests Turkish assistance in presenting the offer to Azerbaijan.
(4). Armenia will accept the Turkish offer of the “mother of all commissions”. However, Turkey must realize that the Armenian position on the genocide is not a public relations stunt but a very real feeling about the actions in the eastern section of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s. Furthermore, Turkey must realize that it is the primary function of a government to protect its citizens, and that a government that forces a relocation of an ethnic tribe where such action results in a massive mortality should be held accountable for such actions. Armenia intends to present as a starting point for such a commission the reports of the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission.
Part Two:
However, these things cannot and will not be done without reciprocity. Armenia requests the Turkish government to craft a series of steps that they will make concurrent with the Armenian steps that will result in open borders and diplomatic relations between the two countries by the date the commission starts.
(3). France (in this example I picked them because they are a country keen on expanding their influence in the area) at a certain stage in the process (possibly when diplomatic relations between the two countries are established) will step in with some sort of verbal support for the Turkish position on Cyprus.
It is a dream that will never happen, it takes too much courage.
All I want is the Truth, whereever it is.
Regards,
Michael
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