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Aysor, Armenia
April 9 2010
`Straggle and inconveniences are not only between the states'
The FIDH 37th Congress-Forum was followed by the joint declaration of
the Armenian and Turkish delegates, after which they gave their
assessments.
Yavuz Alatas the member of International Federation of Human Rights
(FIDH), who is in Armenia today, expressed his gratitude for the
Armenian hospitability and mentioned that for 25 years he has kept
straggling for defending the human rights in Turkey.
`The Armenian ` Turkish relations are in a difficult condition again,
we want to open the doors which the official sides have closed. We
want to sit with our friends face to face and to put bridges between
the two nations. It is a historical event, but it's also a work which
has its difficulties as the straggle and the inconveniences are not
only between the states,' Alatas said.
He stated that during the last period the nationalist movement in
Turkey becomes wider, that is the reason why parallel with the
speeches of the officials the civic word is needed, the speaker said.
`We would like to sit around the table to discuss all the historical
events, especially those concerning 1915. We need a new kind of
psychology, atmosphere, we should be able to overcome the ideas that
are between us,' the speaker said.
This statement made by Alatas is significant in reality: `It is not
important whether it comprises all our wishes or not, the important is
the fact that this is the first step.'
April 9 2010
`Straggle and inconveniences are not only between the states'
The FIDH 37th Congress-Forum was followed by the joint declaration of
the Armenian and Turkish delegates, after which they gave their
assessments.
Yavuz Alatas the member of International Federation of Human Rights
(FIDH), who is in Armenia today, expressed his gratitude for the
Armenian hospitability and mentioned that for 25 years he has kept
straggling for defending the human rights in Turkey.
`The Armenian ` Turkish relations are in a difficult condition again,
we want to open the doors which the official sides have closed. We
want to sit with our friends face to face and to put bridges between
the two nations. It is a historical event, but it's also a work which
has its difficulties as the straggle and the inconveniences are not
only between the states,' Alatas said.
He stated that during the last period the nationalist movement in
Turkey becomes wider, that is the reason why parallel with the
speeches of the officials the civic word is needed, the speaker said.
`We would like to sit around the table to discuss all the historical
events, especially those concerning 1915. We need a new kind of
psychology, atmosphere, we should be able to overcome the ideas that
are between us,' the speaker said.
This statement made by Alatas is significant in reality: `It is not
important whether it comprises all our wishes or not, the important is
the fact that this is the first step.'