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STANCE NOT CHANGED
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
June 27, 2008
Armenia
"President Serge Sargsyan's stance towards Armenian-Turkish relations
is well-known, it hasn't changed and has been represented many
times. The President has spoken about this issue in Moscow, on June
23, during his meeting with Armenian Community in Moscow and on June
24, during his meeting with the representatives of Russian experts'
community. The stances have been clear in the both meetings and didn't
give grounds to misunderstanding," Presidential Press Secretary Samvel
Farmanyan said in response to the questions regarding certain points
of Serge Sargsyan's speech during his meeting with Armenian Community
in Moscow.
"A proposal has been made by Turkey to set up a committee of experts
to investigate the historical facts regarding the Genocide. We don't
mind any kind of investigation, even evident facts and widely accepted
realities.
Investigating the facts doesn't mean questioning them.
But the formation of such committee could have been logical only after
the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries and
opening the borders. Otherwise it can turn into an option to prolong
and speculate the existing problems. In the 21st century there should
be no closed borders between the two neighbor countries," the Press
Secretary said.
He considered it strange that those who once used to do their best
to close the most tragic page of our history are trying to speculate
the issue of the Genocide. "The policy of getting a political share
from any issue is really intolerable." S. Farmanyan said.
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
June 27, 2008
Armenia
"President Serge Sargsyan's stance towards Armenian-Turkish relations
is well-known, it hasn't changed and has been represented many
times. The President has spoken about this issue in Moscow, on June
23, during his meeting with Armenian Community in Moscow and on June
24, during his meeting with the representatives of Russian experts'
community. The stances have been clear in the both meetings and didn't
give grounds to misunderstanding," Presidential Press Secretary Samvel
Farmanyan said in response to the questions regarding certain points
of Serge Sargsyan's speech during his meeting with Armenian Community
in Moscow.
"A proposal has been made by Turkey to set up a committee of experts
to investigate the historical facts regarding the Genocide. We don't
mind any kind of investigation, even evident facts and widely accepted
realities.
Investigating the facts doesn't mean questioning them.
But the formation of such committee could have been logical only after
the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries and
opening the borders. Otherwise it can turn into an option to prolong
and speculate the existing problems. In the 21st century there should
be no closed borders between the two neighbor countries," the Press
Secretary said.
He considered it strange that those who once used to do their best
to close the most tragic page of our history are trying to speculate
the issue of the Genocide. "The policy of getting a political share
from any issue is really intolerable." S. Farmanyan said.