YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The editor-in-chief of Azg daily Hakob Avetikian is not particularly optimistic about the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations which he describes as an "entangled knot". Nevertheless, he believes that even in case of collapse of the normalization process, Armenia will succeed: first of all, by having an image of a reliable and peace-loving country. H. Avetikian said at the February 25 meeting with reporters that two scenarios are possible for the ratification of the protocols. The first scenario: Turkey does not change its position and does not ratify the protocols, after which the tension will grow in the region, and the second scenario: Turkey ratifies the proticols with some reservations which are completely unacceptable to the Armenian side. "In other words, Turkey may ratify the protocols with the following aim: so that Armenia will reject them," H. Avetikian noted. Azg's editor-in-chief expressed an opinion that in this way Turkey will try to present Armenia as a side that ruined the normalization process - in recent period there have been a lot of articles with this logic in the Turkish press. In case of such developments, according to H. Avetikian, Armenia will face a diplomatic war. In this connection it is necessary to unite and efficiently use all potential of the Homeland and the Diaspora. "It is hard to confess, but in this diplomatic game Armenia has only one card - the Genocide problem," H. Avetikian said.

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