Expert says Armenian lobby yields Turkish lobby in Washington
Armenian lobby in Washington isn’t as powerful as Turkish lobby is, expert Artak Shakaryan said in news conference today. He said he was just back from Washington where he had a meeting with Turkish lobbying company.
According to him studying the impacts of Armenian and Turkish lobbies paying attention to deeper issues, it becomes obvious that Armenian lobby isn’t so powerful as theirs.
“We basically focus our voters, on California and Boston and we have power in Congress. But Turkish lobby is more large scale. And business lobbies they have mainly Turkish-Azerbaijani direction,” he said.
Expert asked to pay attention on analytical centers and universities. He said the universities target Turkish and Caucasian affairs and they are financed by Turkish or pro-Turkish forces.
He said analytical centers are financed by Turkish companies and the only neutral expert is Tom de Vaal.
A. Shakaryan stated that Ankara has more profound strategic influence in US.