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SERZH SARGSYAN GIVEN BAD ADVICE ON ISSUE CONNECTED WITH ARMENIAN-TURKISH COMMISSION, KIRO MANOYAN CONSIDERS
NOYAN TAPAN
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"RA President Serzh Sargsyan was obviously given bad advice on issue
connected with the Armenian-Turkish commission," Kiro Manoyan, the
Director of the ARFD Bureau Hay Dat Central Office, said.
According to him, it is a deviation from the positions adopted by
both the previous President and the current administration so far.
"The position expressed lately is inadmissible for us," the ARFD figure
said in his interview to the Armenian Reporter weekly commenting upon
the statement made by S. Sargsyan last week in Moscow that Turkey's
proposal on creating a commission of historians to discuss the issue of
Armenian Genocide is admissible for Armenia only after establishment of
diplomatic relations and lifting Armenia's blockade. Previous President
Robert Kocharian had formerly declined this proposal of Turkey and
had expressed an opinion that an intergovernmental commission should
be created.
"In our opinion, with the proposal to create a commission studying
the historic facts Turkey has a goal to protract the solution of
the problem for many years. Armenia's consent to formation of such
a commission would mean that Armenia questions the fact of Armenian
Genocide like Turkey. It should be clear for everybody that the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, as well as the most important
issues between Turkey and Armenia are first of all and rather political
and not historic issues," K. Manoyan said.
In his interview to Radio Liberty K. Manoyan said: "Our approach is
that in any case, there was no need in such a statement, for this
mess not to be caused and us to admit that as the Foreign Minister
also stated, the issue of international recognition of the Armenian
Genocide remains on the agenda of Armenia's foreign policy."
According to the Director of the ARFD Bureau Hay Dat Central Office,
"we are especially against that structure called a Turkish-Armenian
Reconciliation Commission, headed by David Phillips." According to
him, the main goal of that commisson was to hinder the international
recognition of the Genocide.
NOYAN TAPAN
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=115089
Ju ly 1
"RA President Serzh Sargsyan was obviously given bad advice on issue
connected with the Armenian-Turkish commission," Kiro Manoyan, the
Director of the ARFD Bureau Hay Dat Central Office, said.
According to him, it is a deviation from the positions adopted by
both the previous President and the current administration so far.
"The position expressed lately is inadmissible for us," the ARFD figure
said in his interview to the Armenian Reporter weekly commenting upon
the statement made by S. Sargsyan last week in Moscow that Turkey's
proposal on creating a commission of historians to discuss the issue of
Armenian Genocide is admissible for Armenia only after establishment of
diplomatic relations and lifting Armenia's blockade. Previous President
Robert Kocharian had formerly declined this proposal of Turkey and
had expressed an opinion that an intergovernmental commission should
be created.
"In our opinion, with the proposal to create a commission studying
the historic facts Turkey has a goal to protract the solution of
the problem for many years. Armenia's consent to formation of such
a commission would mean that Armenia questions the fact of Armenian
Genocide like Turkey. It should be clear for everybody that the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, as well as the most important
issues between Turkey and Armenia are first of all and rather political
and not historic issues," K. Manoyan said.
In his interview to Radio Liberty K. Manoyan said: "Our approach is
that in any case, there was no need in such a statement, for this
mess not to be caused and us to admit that as the Foreign Minister
also stated, the issue of international recognition of the Armenian
Genocide remains on the agenda of Armenia's foreign policy."
According to the Director of the ARFD Bureau Hay Dat Central Office,
"we are especially against that structure called a Turkish-Armenian
Reconciliation Commission, headed by David Phillips." According to
him, the main goal of that commisson was to hinder the international
recognition of the Genocide.