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Arminfo (26 January 2022)

In order to assess the possible risks in the process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations that has started, among other things, it seems necessary to start from the past. Associate Expert at the Armenian Institute of International Relations and Security David Stepanyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

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In this light, the expert assesses the very fact of the next, third  attempt to normalize relations with Turkey as the right step in the  right direction. Since just sitting and waiting for Turkey to fall  apart on its own, and the territories of Western Armenia to return to  the Republic of Armenia, is at least unproductive.

"Expectations of the automatic reincarnation of the Treaty of Sevres  of 1920, the entry into force of the arbitration of Woodrow Wilson,  all these talks have absolutely no real, namely political and  geopolitical grounds, except perhaps legal ones. And even then,  taking into account the lack of ratification of the Sevres Treaty by  the then Turkish parliament, this factor is highly doubtful. And the  presence of the Kars, Moscow and Lausanne treaties generally puts an  end to any such hopes," he said.

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