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RA FM: CLOSED ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER DOES NOT ALLOW ARMENIANS AND TURKS TO BUILD COMMON FUTURE
Arminfo
2007-03-15 13:18:00
The denial of the rights of Turkey's citizens for a free discussion of
their past with the Armenians is a result of the Turkish authorities'
policy, while the closed Armenian-Turkish border does not allow the
Armenians and the Turks to build a common future, RA Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan said at the session of the UN Committee on Human
Rights in Geneva.
As the RA FM's press-service told ArmInfo, the Minister has reminded
in his speech about the murder of the Editor-in- Chief of the "Agos"
Istanbul newspaper Hrant Dink by the Turkish nationalists. According
to V. Oskanyan, Hrant Dink had two mission in his life, that is, to
break the taboo, available in the Turkish society and to lay the basis
of dialogue between the Armenians and the Turks for achievement of
mutual understanding and reconciliation. "That is in fact what we want
today. There should be an open society in Turkey for the Turkish people
to be able to freely discuss its past. The borders should be open as
well for the peoples to establish the contacts. This is the only way
for us to overcome the discrepancies and achieve a reconciliation",
RA Foreign Minister said.
Arminfo
2007-03-15 13:18:00
The denial of the rights of Turkey's citizens for a free discussion of
their past with the Armenians is a result of the Turkish authorities'
policy, while the closed Armenian-Turkish border does not allow the
Armenians and the Turks to build a common future, RA Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan said at the session of the UN Committee on Human
Rights in Geneva.
As the RA FM's press-service told ArmInfo, the Minister has reminded
in his speech about the murder of the Editor-in- Chief of the "Agos"
Istanbul newspaper Hrant Dink by the Turkish nationalists. According
to V. Oskanyan, Hrant Dink had two mission in his life, that is, to
break the taboo, available in the Turkish society and to lay the basis
of dialogue between the Armenians and the Turks for achievement of
mutual understanding and reconciliation. "That is in fact what we want
today. There should be an open society in Turkey for the Turkish people
to be able to freely discuss its past. The borders should be open as
well for the peoples to establish the contacts. This is the only way
for us to overcome the discrepancies and achieve a reconciliation",
RA Foreign Minister said.