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ERDOGAN'S SPEECH SOUNDS LIKE WORDS OF A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: S. NIKOYAN
Panorama
July 13 2010
Armenia
"A normal, reasonable person will find it hard to understand Turkish
PM's speech. Erdogan's speech is offensive not only for the Armenians
but the whole conscious society in general," Armenian National Assembly
Deputy Speaker Samvel Nikoyan told Panorama.am commenting on Erdogan's
statement in Srebrenica, Bosnia.
The Turkish PM spoke about the mass killings of Muslims of Bosnia
15 years ago in his speech, noting that such crimes are a hard blow
to the virtue of the humanity and are a black spot not only for the
Balcans but the whole Europe.
"To me, Erdogan's speech sounds like words of a wolf in sheep's
clothing. Erdogan would have a moral right to make such statements if
Turkey had recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide. However,
rejection is what their state policy is based on," Armenian Deputy
Speaker said.
According to him, instead of speaking about annihilation of 1,5
millions of Armenians in the most violent, inhumane way, Turks are
making statements on killings of 8000 Muslims in other states.
"Frankly speaking, it's concerning that Erdogan highly assessed the
behavior of a Bosnian woman, who helped President Tadic though she had
lost her husband and two sons in this war. I would like to compare:
Serzh Sargsyan also overcame the big barrier and tried to normalize
ties with Turkey. And what did Turkey's leader do? Everyone knows," S.
Nikoyan said.
As he said, it's not the Turkish PM, who should speak about justice,
frankness, it's not him who should speak about peace or the offences
carried out in the other states.
"Turkey's PM is facing one major problem: recognize and condemn the
Armenian Genocide and only after he can deal with the other issues. If
an offense remains unpunished, it can give birth to even bigger
offences. Had Turkey recognized and condemned the crime it committed,
there would be no further crimes. Now everyone thinks they can commit
a crime and remain unpunished since there is Turkey's precedent,"
the Deputy Speaker highlighted.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
July 13 2010
Armenia
"A normal, reasonable person will find it hard to understand Turkish
PM's speech. Erdogan's speech is offensive not only for the Armenians
but the whole conscious society in general," Armenian National Assembly
Deputy Speaker Samvel Nikoyan told Panorama.am commenting on Erdogan's
statement in Srebrenica, Bosnia.
The Turkish PM spoke about the mass killings of Muslims of Bosnia
15 years ago in his speech, noting that such crimes are a hard blow
to the virtue of the humanity and are a black spot not only for the
Balcans but the whole Europe.
"To me, Erdogan's speech sounds like words of a wolf in sheep's
clothing. Erdogan would have a moral right to make such statements if
Turkey had recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide. However,
rejection is what their state policy is based on," Armenian Deputy
Speaker said.
According to him, instead of speaking about annihilation of 1,5
millions of Armenians in the most violent, inhumane way, Turks are
making statements on killings of 8000 Muslims in other states.
"Frankly speaking, it's concerning that Erdogan highly assessed the
behavior of a Bosnian woman, who helped President Tadic though she had
lost her husband and two sons in this war. I would like to compare:
Serzh Sargsyan also overcame the big barrier and tried to normalize
ties with Turkey. And what did Turkey's leader do? Everyone knows," S.
Nikoyan said.
As he said, it's not the Turkish PM, who should speak about justice,
frankness, it's not him who should speak about peace or the offences
carried out in the other states.
"Turkey's PM is facing one major problem: recognize and condemn the
Armenian Genocide and only after he can deal with the other issues. If
an offense remains unpunished, it can give birth to even bigger
offences. Had Turkey recognized and condemned the crime it committed,
there would be no further crimes. Now everyone thinks they can commit
a crime and remain unpunished since there is Turkey's precedent,"
the Deputy Speaker highlighted.
From: A. Papazian