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    HAYK DEMOYAN INVITES WHOLE STAFF OF TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO VISIT MUSEUM OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Noyan Tapan
    Apr 30, 2009

    YEREVAN, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Hayk Demoyan, the Director of
    the Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide, considers Turkish
    Sabah daily's publication on the Armenian-Turkish April 22 joint
    statement, "road-map," a manifestation of dull agitation. As he
    reported at the April 30 press conference, that publication's goal
    is to direct information flows and to create dividing lines in
    Armenian society. H. Demoyan advised Armenian media to refrain from
    multiplying Turkish misinformation deliberately put in circulation
    or dull agitation.

    According to the Turkish newspaper, one of "road-map's" points
    mentioned that "Armenia recognizes the Treaty of Kars signed between
    Armenia, USSR, and Turkey." According to H. Demoyan, the treaty
    signed in 1921 October, which is vulnerable and incomplete from
    legal point of view, was first of all grossly violated by Turkey: by
    the Treaty of Kars the latter recognized Nakhichevan as a territory
    within Azerbaijan's jurisdiction. Moreover, Turkey signed the treaty
    recognizing Nakhichevan as part of Azerbaijan.

    H. Demoyan considers that an agreement on Armenian-Turkish relations
    should not mention the Treaty of Kars, but should mention the
    necessity of forming different commissions for making clear
    the borders. According to him, the issue of liquidation of some
    consequences of Armenian Genocide, in particular, the issue of saving
    Armenian cultural heritage from destruction and the issue of its
    registration should be a subject of discussion in the agreement of
    at least in the negotiations preceding it.

    In connection with "road-map's" point on establishment of a commission
    of historians H. Demoyan expressed an opinion that no commission can
    discuss the issue of Genocide. According to him, the idea of commission
    of historians is a serious threat to Turkey's national security,
    as the discussion of Armenian Genocide can be a real "Pandora's box"
    for Turkey, where many historic episodes were slurred over, and if
    that box full of secrets is opened, many and many undesirable details
    will be revealed for Turkish audience.

    Speaking about U.S. President Barack Obama's April 24 address,
    H. Demoyan said that he sees a serious danger in exploitation
    of the term "genocide," as it creates a precedent for further
    manipulations. It should be mentioned that B. Obama used the term "Mets
    Yeghern" in his address breaking his preelection promise of naming the
    events of 1915-1922 as "genocide." "We deal with term's depreciation,
    which is dangerous. One cannot imagine a crime graver than genocide,
    therefore manipulations are very dangerous at a more global scale," he
    said. At the same time H. Demoyan considers positive that talks over
    the statement of the leader having rather much popularity themselves
    will contribute to raising international awareness about the problem
    of genocide.

    According to the Director of Armenian Genocide Museum, a huge
    increase of international recognition and awareness of Armenian
    Genocide is observed in the past 20 years. "That unequivocally gives
    us a possibility to feel secure and to launch any process with the
    Turkish side," he said.

    H. Demoyan considers "interesting" the statement made by Turkish
    National Security Council two days ago. The historian agrees to at
    least one thought: "Armenian Genocide's history is part of Turkish
    and Armenian peoples' history." And as to the thought mentioned in the
    statement that "unbiassed statements and studies deprived of certain
    partiality should be made," H. Demoyan said: "I kindly invite the whole
    staff of Turkish National Security Council to the Museum-Institute
    of Armenian Genocide. We will help them with pleasure, will provide
    any kind of materal for presenting it in an unbiassed way."
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