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CZECH PRESIDENT: WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM TURKISH RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN 'GENOCIDE'?
ABHaber, Belgium
March 14 2006
Czech President Vaclav Klaus stressed on Sunday that stirring up and
bring the past events back to the agenda of the international community
is useless, saying, "Who will benefit from Turkish recognition of
the Armenian 'genocide'?"
Speaking to German daily Der Spiegel, Klaus questioned the necessity of
facing the past, saying, "The past is the past. Nowadays the European
Parliament is urging Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide
claims. Who will benefit from this recognition? Russian President
Vladimir Putin apologized for the suppression of the Prague spring
reform process by harsh methods in 1968, saying that his country takes
moral responsibility for the events of 1968. This was a gesture for the
Czech Republic but I don't think that we have to discuss with Putin
the things a former Soviet leader did to us. In other words Putin is
not the inheritor of Leonid Brezhnev and I am not the inheritor of
the communist regime that took power in 1948 in my country."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ABHaber, Belgium
March 14 2006
Czech President Vaclav Klaus stressed on Sunday that stirring up and
bring the past events back to the agenda of the international community
is useless, saying, "Who will benefit from Turkish recognition of
the Armenian 'genocide'?"
Speaking to German daily Der Spiegel, Klaus questioned the necessity of
facing the past, saying, "The past is the past. Nowadays the European
Parliament is urging Turkey to recognize the Armenian genocide
claims. Who will benefit from this recognition? Russian President
Vladimir Putin apologized for the suppression of the Prague spring
reform process by harsh methods in 1968, saying that his country takes
moral responsibility for the events of 1968. This was a gesture for the
Czech Republic but I don't think that we have to discuss with Putin
the things a former Soviet leader did to us. In other words Putin is
not the inheritor of Leonid Brezhnev and I am not the inheritor of
the communist regime that took power in 1948 in my country."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress