What is beneficial for Armenia is not always profitable for diaspora: expert

"There is great difference between Armenia and the world Armenian lobby. What is advantageous to the country is not always advantageous to the diaspora," Cornell said.

Earlier Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Trend News in an exclusive interview that Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10.

During his recent international visit, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with representatives of Armenian diasporas in Europe, Argentina and the U.S, and many of them expressed their opposition to the signing of a Turkish-Armenian agreement.

The Armenian diaspora holds protests worldwide. Sargsyan faced these actions in Paris, New York and Los Angeles. The demonstrators met the Armenian president with slogans such as "Traitor!", "No protocols".

Several opposition parties in Armenia are also against Sargsyan's policy. Such meetingsare also held against signing of the protocols.

On Oct.6, rally was held in Yerevan to protest signing of protocols on development of relations with Turkey, Armenia Today said. The event was organized by the movement Miasum "(" Unity "). Protesters marched to the memorial dedicated to victims of so-called "genocide" of Armenians. There they burned copy of protocols in eternal fire, as well as a photo of President Serzh Sargsyan.

"At present, the lobby intends not only to help Armenia, but harm Turkey" Cornell said. "This agreement will define the specific borders between Turkey and Armenia and the diaspora will not recognize the existing borders."

According to Cornell, the diaspora believes that the Armenian government does not speak on behalf of its people. "The Diaspora does its best to influence the president and the Diaspora's actions are headache for the Armenian government," Cornell added.

The Armenian diaspora acts rather bravely for many years because the lobby supports not only financial stability of the country, but also the internal political processes, the expert said.

But if there is failure in the process of normalization of Ankara-Yerevan relations, it will be the result of not only the Armenian diaspora's activities, but also the Turkish opposition, the expert said.

According to Cornell, besides this factor, Turkish-Azerbaijani relations will be able to negatively affect the process.

/Trend News/