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ARF BUREAU MEMBERS SAYS HISTORIANS' COMMISSION A BLOW TO THOSE WHO RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Yerkir
09.10.2008 13:46
Yerevan (Yerkir) - ARF Bureau Member Vigen Hovsepian, speaking on the
Armenian-Turkish developments over the weekend, said that Armenia could
develop most if having good-neighborly relations with its neighbors.
"However, good-neighborly relations are nothing if not based on mutual
respect," he added. "It is a very superficial logic to accept Turkey
as a country that has good intentions as that country continues to
violate the dignity of the Armenian nation and its history by denying
the fact of the Armenian genocide. Imagine, for instance, Israel
establishing normal relations with a country that denies the fact of
Holocaust let alone the country that had perpetrated the Holocaust."
As for the commission of the Armenian and Turkish historians, which
supposedly should discuss issues related to the Armenian genocide,
Hovsepian said: "For years, versions for such commissions have been
proposed in order to slow down the international recognition of the
Armenian genocide and the efforts aimed at such recognition. It is
waste of time and we should not get in trap. If such a commission is to
discuss the consequences of the genocide and the way or reparation,
it is good. But if it is to discuss the fact of the genocide and
make speculations on it, it is more than ridiculous and it is a blow
to those who have recognized the Armenian genocide or have acted in
support of the recognition," Hovsepian said.
Yerkir
09.10.2008 13:46
Yerevan (Yerkir) - ARF Bureau Member Vigen Hovsepian, speaking on the
Armenian-Turkish developments over the weekend, said that Armenia could
develop most if having good-neighborly relations with its neighbors.
"However, good-neighborly relations are nothing if not based on mutual
respect," he added. "It is a very superficial logic to accept Turkey
as a country that has good intentions as that country continues to
violate the dignity of the Armenian nation and its history by denying
the fact of the Armenian genocide. Imagine, for instance, Israel
establishing normal relations with a country that denies the fact of
Holocaust let alone the country that had perpetrated the Holocaust."
As for the commission of the Armenian and Turkish historians, which
supposedly should discuss issues related to the Armenian genocide,
Hovsepian said: "For years, versions for such commissions have been
proposed in order to slow down the international recognition of the
Armenian genocide and the efforts aimed at such recognition. It is
waste of time and we should not get in trap. If such a commission is to
discuss the consequences of the genocide and the way or reparation,
it is good. But if it is to discuss the fact of the genocide and
make speculations on it, it is more than ridiculous and it is a blow
to those who have recognized the Armenian genocide or have acted in
support of the recognition," Hovsepian said.