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We need to be better organized ahead of Genocide centennial ` Armenian
journalist
13:12 ¢ 19.04.14
Armenia's preparations for the 2015 Genocide centennial look more like
an obligation than serious efforts towards drawing the world's
attention to the issue, says a former journalist of the
Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos.
`We have a problem in terms of being organized. We have different
institutions - the Genocide Museum, the Yerevan State University and
the National Academy of Sciences ` which all carry out work in this
direction, but there is no coordinating body. Government officials
have neither a clear understanding nor policies. We have had three
presidents, and all the three expressed different positions on the
Genocide issue. But that isn't the case with the Turks,' Tiran
Lokmagyozyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
He stressed the importance of probing into the archives in most
different states to find more evidence.
`There are foreign archives around the world, which haven't been
studied; so it is important to research them to find valuable facts.
But we haven't fully studied our national archive. A couple of books
on several studies were published recently, but that's very little,'
he added,
Khachatur Marozyan, the president of the International Association of
Lawyers and Psychologists, said it is now time for Armenia to appeal
to international criminal courts in search of a fair settlement.
`We call for having new conceptual approaches on the table. Appealing
to the states to recognize the Armenian Genocide does not offer a
solution to the problem, as any country guides itself by its own
interest. Any crime receives a punishment in court,' he added.
Marozyan stressed the need of turning to the international community `
international genocide experts and lawyers ` in the efforts towards
seeking an international recognition and condemnation of the big
tragedy.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/04/19/tiran-loqmagyozyan/
journalist
13:12 ¢ 19.04.14
Armenia's preparations for the 2015 Genocide centennial look more like
an obligation than serious efforts towards drawing the world's
attention to the issue, says a former journalist of the
Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos.
`We have a problem in terms of being organized. We have different
institutions - the Genocide Museum, the Yerevan State University and
the National Academy of Sciences ` which all carry out work in this
direction, but there is no coordinating body. Government officials
have neither a clear understanding nor policies. We have had three
presidents, and all the three expressed different positions on the
Genocide issue. But that isn't the case with the Turks,' Tiran
Lokmagyozyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
He stressed the importance of probing into the archives in most
different states to find more evidence.
`There are foreign archives around the world, which haven't been
studied; so it is important to research them to find valuable facts.
But we haven't fully studied our national archive. A couple of books
on several studies were published recently, but that's very little,'
he added,
Khachatur Marozyan, the president of the International Association of
Lawyers and Psychologists, said it is now time for Armenia to appeal
to international criminal courts in search of a fair settlement.
`We call for having new conceptual approaches on the table. Appealing
to the states to recognize the Armenian Genocide does not offer a
solution to the problem, as any country guides itself by its own
interest. Any crime receives a punishment in court,' he added.
Marozyan stressed the need of turning to the international community `
international genocide experts and lawyers ` in the efforts towards
seeking an international recognition and condemnation of the big
tragedy.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/04/19/tiran-loqmagyozyan/