Can France betray Armenia under the geo-political conditions existing today in the South Caucasus?
A plain answer will be an unreserved YES. France did betray Armenia at the end of the “ Cilicia Campaign ” that lasted from January 1920 to February 1921, gradually surrendering the city of Marash to the Kemalist Turkish Army, followed by Urfa, and last but not least the city of Antep. Needless to mention that thousands of Armenians perished in the aftermath of surrendering each city to the Kemalist Army. Like the British Army, while pretending to protect the Christian minorities of the Ottoman Empire, the French Army was conducting secret negotiations with Mustafa Kemal with the clear goal of putting an end to the Kemalist close cooperation with The Soviet Union. So, if France placed a higher premium on its national interests in the 1920s, and sacrificed Armenian blood to protect vested French interests in the Middle East, it will make the same moves today. Many French “Think Tanks’ with close ties to the French Intelligence Community, together with NGOs financed by ...