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"ARMENIA SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVE IN DEMANDING"
February 2 2015
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan considers that it is wrong to make the words
of the U.S. President a major objective Less than 100 days is left for
the Armenian Genocide Centennial, it is too little time left to act.
We have put our hope on the Day of Centennial, on this very day. Is
it worth being disposed that everything will be determined on this
very day? And whether we are doing everything that everything will
be decided on that day. In response to the questions of "Aravot",
political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said the following,
"I would not say that we have set our hope on the anniversary of the
Centennial. The authorities of Armenia have repeatedly stated at the
highest presidential level that marking the centenary of the Armenian
Genocide is not the culmination, and our afterwards efforts aimed at
recognition of Genocide shall not cease. No, this is just a full year,
a remembrance year, and the events related to it are going to be more
intense and active. As to the Armenian issue, then I am sure that in
the following years, it will also be one of the main agendas in the
foreign policy of Armenia." To the next question of whether we can
predict that the U.S. President Obama will utter the Armenian Genocide
in his statement on April 24, which means official US recognition of
the Armenian Cause and the Armenian Genocide, Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan
replied, "It's all the same for me whether or not Obama will utter
Armenian Genocide, I also consider that it is wrong to seeing the
major goal of whether the US president would say so or not. Not the
words but the actions and political processes are important that
should come after the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide. Turkey's possible activism to be in our region is also
important." To the next question of whether our time for being true
demanding, compensation of our lands and money, property, material and
moral damage is close, Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan replied that followed
by the current process, it can be said that the compensation-related
issues are quite a lot and still have a problem of solving them.
According to the political analyst, "At this stage, Armenia is reaching
an international recognition and condemnation, which happens in very
active paces, but the fact is that Turkey has not yet recognized
the Armenian Genocide, and all other countries that have already
recognized, do not make efforts to make Turkey stand back from its
denial policy. Unless Turkey recognizes, it would be too early to
address the issues of compensation. Although, everything exists in
the Armenian demand, and Armenia should have done everything sooner
the better and worked actively to solve the problems of demand and
compensation."
Eva HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2015/02/02/168657/
February 2 2015
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan considers that it is wrong to make the words
of the U.S. President a major objective Less than 100 days is left for
the Armenian Genocide Centennial, it is too little time left to act.
We have put our hope on the Day of Centennial, on this very day. Is
it worth being disposed that everything will be determined on this
very day? And whether we are doing everything that everything will
be decided on that day. In response to the questions of "Aravot",
political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said the following,
"I would not say that we have set our hope on the anniversary of the
Centennial. The authorities of Armenia have repeatedly stated at the
highest presidential level that marking the centenary of the Armenian
Genocide is not the culmination, and our afterwards efforts aimed at
recognition of Genocide shall not cease. No, this is just a full year,
a remembrance year, and the events related to it are going to be more
intense and active. As to the Armenian issue, then I am sure that in
the following years, it will also be one of the main agendas in the
foreign policy of Armenia." To the next question of whether we can
predict that the U.S. President Obama will utter the Armenian Genocide
in his statement on April 24, which means official US recognition of
the Armenian Cause and the Armenian Genocide, Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan
replied, "It's all the same for me whether or not Obama will utter
Armenian Genocide, I also consider that it is wrong to seeing the
major goal of whether the US president would say so or not. Not the
words but the actions and political processes are important that
should come after the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide. Turkey's possible activism to be in our region is also
important." To the next question of whether our time for being true
demanding, compensation of our lands and money, property, material and
moral damage is close, Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan replied that followed
by the current process, it can be said that the compensation-related
issues are quite a lot and still have a problem of solving them.
According to the political analyst, "At this stage, Armenia is reaching
an international recognition and condemnation, which happens in very
active paces, but the fact is that Turkey has not yet recognized
the Armenian Genocide, and all other countries that have already
recognized, do not make efforts to make Turkey stand back from its
denial policy. Unless Turkey recognizes, it would be too early to
address the issues of compensation. Although, everything exists in
the Armenian demand, and Armenia should have done everything sooner
the better and worked actively to solve the problems of demand and
compensation."
Eva HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2015/02/02/168657/