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TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY: OBAMA'S APRIL 24TH STATEMENT "VERY PROBLEMATIC"
hetq
11:11, April 25, 2012
What follows is the official text issued by Turkey's Foreign Ministry
regarding U.S. President Obama's statement issued on April 24. Obama
described the events of 1915 as a "great tragedy".
In his statement issued on 24 April 2012, US President Obama
demonstrated this year once again an unfounded approach which reflects
the Armenian views regarding the dispute between Turks and Armenians
on the painful part of their common history. We regard this statement,
which distorts the historical facts, as very problematic in every
aspect and deeply regret it.
Issued upon domestic political considerations and interpreting
controversial historical events with a selective sense of justice,
such one-sided statements are not only misguided, but also render the
normalization of the relations between Turkey and Armenia difficult.
What should be done by the US, as an important ally of Turkey,
is not to further deepen the problem with such an approach, which
also damages Turkish-American relations, but to provide constructive
contributions for its resolution and, in this regard, to encourage
the Armenian side, which avoids joint historical research, to be more
realistic and conciliatory.
It should also be known that the pain experienced during the World War
I is a shared one and the memory of that period is as sensitive for
the Turkish people as for the Armenians. Despite all the prejudiced
attempts to interfere with the writing of history, we will maintain
our efforts to reach a just memory.
hetq
11:11, April 25, 2012
What follows is the official text issued by Turkey's Foreign Ministry
regarding U.S. President Obama's statement issued on April 24. Obama
described the events of 1915 as a "great tragedy".
In his statement issued on 24 April 2012, US President Obama
demonstrated this year once again an unfounded approach which reflects
the Armenian views regarding the dispute between Turks and Armenians
on the painful part of their common history. We regard this statement,
which distorts the historical facts, as very problematic in every
aspect and deeply regret it.
Issued upon domestic political considerations and interpreting
controversial historical events with a selective sense of justice,
such one-sided statements are not only misguided, but also render the
normalization of the relations between Turkey and Armenia difficult.
What should be done by the US, as an important ally of Turkey,
is not to further deepen the problem with such an approach, which
also damages Turkish-American relations, but to provide constructive
contributions for its resolution and, in this regard, to encourage
the Armenian side, which avoids joint historical research, to be more
realistic and conciliatory.
It should also be known that the pain experienced during the World War
I is a shared one and the memory of that period is as sensitive for
the Turkish people as for the Armenians. Despite all the prejudiced
attempts to interfere with the writing of history, we will maintain
our efforts to reach a just memory.