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DE WAAL: INVITING TURKISH AUTHORITIES TO GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL WAS CLEVER AND POSITIVE MOVE
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13:38 30/05/2014 >> COMMENTS
Thomas De Waal, expert at Carnegie Institute, has commented on the
invitation made by the President of Armenia to the President of Turkey
to visit Armenia in 2015.
“I think this is a clever and positive move from the Armenian
government, inviting the Turkish authorities to be part of the
Genocide centennial, rather than outside it. It follows a clever and
positive move from prime minister Erdogan when he offered condolences
to the Armenian people-even if he did not make a full apology,”
De Waal told Panorama.am.
De Waal does not expect that either side will change its position
on the Genocide and 1915; neither does he expect that the Turkish
president will accept the invitation. “But at least we are
seeing a competition in positive gestures, rather than a competition
in negative statements,” he added.
Related: Serzh Sargsyan invites next President of Turkey to Yerevan
to confront history
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/05/30/Thomas-de-Waal/
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
13:38 30/05/2014 >> COMMENTS
Thomas De Waal, expert at Carnegie Institute, has commented on the
invitation made by the President of Armenia to the President of Turkey
to visit Armenia in 2015.
“I think this is a clever and positive move from the Armenian
government, inviting the Turkish authorities to be part of the
Genocide centennial, rather than outside it. It follows a clever and
positive move from prime minister Erdogan when he offered condolences
to the Armenian people-even if he did not make a full apology,”
De Waal told Panorama.am.
De Waal does not expect that either side will change its position
on the Genocide and 1915; neither does he expect that the Turkish
president will accept the invitation. “But at least we are
seeing a competition in positive gestures, rather than a competition
in negative statements,” he added.
Related: Serzh Sargsyan invites next President of Turkey to Yerevan
to confront history
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/05/30/Thomas-de-Waal/