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ASHOT MELKONYAN: WE ARE ENTERING THE STAGE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
armradio.am
23.04.2008 18:08
>From the scientific and political perspectives the Armenian Genocide
issue has not been formulated and the whole path of recognition,
especially today's situation, has not been shown. Director of the
History Institute of RA National Academy of Sciences Ashot Melkonyan
told a press conference today that after having passed a long way
of recognition of the Genocide, we must decide which the next step
will be. It is necessary to evaluate the way passed. The historian
divided the period between 1915 and 2008 into several conditional
stages. According to him, the period between 1915 and 1923 is a period
of reaction: the fact of the Armenian Genocide was so real that it
found response in distant Uruguay and Argentina. Archive materials
from different countries were published in tens of languages.
According to the historian, the year 1923 marked the start of a long
period of disregard, which was a dreadful stage, when the wound was
fresh, and the world was indifferent. It lasted till 1965, after which
the Genocide issue was raised in Motherland and Diaspora. The third
stage falls between 1965 and 1995, which the historian characterized
as a period of recovery of memory and resumption. Argentine, Cyprus
and other countries recognized the Armenian Genocide.
In the last and most important period the Armenian Genocide issue
became a component of state policy. Ashot Melkonyancalled characterised
it as the period of the Genocide campaign, when more then ten countries
recognized the Genocide. "Unfortunately, the word Western Armenia
was removed from the resolutions, which is very important," Ashot
Melkonyan said. According to him, today we are entering a new stage -
from recognition of the Armenian Genocide to reimbursement. "We say
that Turkey has perpetrated Genocide, the world recognizes it and we
are satisfied. What do we want after this? We want that the guilt of
the criminal is recognized in the court: but is the criminal set free
after he accepts his guilt?" Ashot Melkonyan said.
All the attributes of geocide envisaged by the UN Resolution of
December 9, 1948 exist in the Armenian Genocide issue.
armradio.am
23.04.2008 18:08
>From the scientific and political perspectives the Armenian Genocide
issue has not been formulated and the whole path of recognition,
especially today's situation, has not been shown. Director of the
History Institute of RA National Academy of Sciences Ashot Melkonyan
told a press conference today that after having passed a long way
of recognition of the Genocide, we must decide which the next step
will be. It is necessary to evaluate the way passed. The historian
divided the period between 1915 and 2008 into several conditional
stages. According to him, the period between 1915 and 1923 is a period
of reaction: the fact of the Armenian Genocide was so real that it
found response in distant Uruguay and Argentina. Archive materials
from different countries were published in tens of languages.
According to the historian, the year 1923 marked the start of a long
period of disregard, which was a dreadful stage, when the wound was
fresh, and the world was indifferent. It lasted till 1965, after which
the Genocide issue was raised in Motherland and Diaspora. The third
stage falls between 1965 and 1995, which the historian characterized
as a period of recovery of memory and resumption. Argentine, Cyprus
and other countries recognized the Armenian Genocide.
In the last and most important period the Armenian Genocide issue
became a component of state policy. Ashot Melkonyancalled characterised
it as the period of the Genocide campaign, when more then ten countries
recognized the Genocide. "Unfortunately, the word Western Armenia
was removed from the resolutions, which is very important," Ashot
Melkonyan said. According to him, today we are entering a new stage -
from recognition of the Armenian Genocide to reimbursement. "We say
that Turkey has perpetrated Genocide, the world recognizes it and we
are satisfied. What do we want after this? We want that the guilt of
the criminal is recognized in the court: but is the criminal set free
after he accepts his guilt?" Ashot Melkonyan said.
All the attributes of geocide envisaged by the UN Resolution of
December 9, 1948 exist in the Armenian Genocide issue.