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    ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: "THE FACT OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE"

    APA
    March 24 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Baku - APA. "The fact of the Armenian Genocide is not negotiable",
    said head of Media Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
    Tigran Balayan, commenting on the statement by U.S. Secretary of
    State Hillary Clinton to establish a "historical commission", APA
    reports quoting Novosti Armenia.

    "Armenia is not discussed and will not discuss the fact of Genocide",
    - said Balayan. To him, in the minutes of the normalization of
    Armenian-Turkish relations, provides for a subcommittee, which will
    restore trust between the two countries.

    The program of the First channel "Posner" U.S. Secretary of State
    said that Armenia and Turkey have agreed on the organization of the
    historical commission, which "would deal with all matters relating
    to the past."

    Armenian Genocide of 1915 is the first genocide of the twentieth
    century. Turkey has traditionally rejected the accusations in the
    massacre of nearly a half million Armenians during the First World
    War and extremely sensitive to criticism from the West to question
    the Armenian genocide.

    The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many countries,
    particularly Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, the lower house
    of parliament in Italy, the majority of U.S. states, parliaments of
    Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium, Wales, Swiss National Council, the
    House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada and the Sejm of Poland.

    Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide is celebrated annually
    on April 24.

    The foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey, Nalbandian Davutoglu
    October 10, 2009 in Zurich have signed a protocol on establishing
    diplomatic relations and Protocol for the development of bilateral
    relations. Documents must be approved by the parliaments of both
    countries, after which provides for opening of Armenian-Turkish
    border. At the moment the documents submitted for ratification in
    Armenia and in Turkey.

    Armenian-Turkish border has been closed since 1993 on the initiative
    of official Ankara. The complex relationship between the two countries
    were due in particular to support Ankara's position of Azerbaijan
    in the Karabakh issue, as well as an acute reaction to Turkey's
    process of international recognition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide
    in Ottoman Empire.
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