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TURKEY STRONGLY CONDEMNS SARKSYAN'S 'OCCUPATION' REMARKS
TODAYSZAMAN.COM
July 26, 2011
Turkey
Turkey has condemned Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan's speech in
which he urged school children in capital Yerevan to occupy eastern
Turkey.
A statement released by Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said
Turkey strongly condemns a response of Sarksyan to a question about
occupying eastern Turkey.
Asked by a student at a literature contest ceremony if Armenians will
be able to get back their what they call "western territories" together
with Mount Ararat, Sarksyan said "this is the task of your generation."
Armenians attach importance to Mt. Ararat on the eastern border of
modern-day Turkey, around where they believe adopted Christianity in
301 A.D.
Sarksyan said his generation had fulfilled its task by "getting back"
Karabakh, a part of what he called "our motherland from the enemy."
Nagorno-Karabakh is an Azerbaijani territory which is currently under
Armenian occupation. Both countries have met dozens of times to find a
settlement to the decades-long conflict but failed to secure a peace
agreement. Armenia occupies 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories,
including seven adjacent provinces populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis.
The statement said the primary duty of statesmen must be to prepare
their societies, particularly youth, for a peaceful and prosperous
future.
Turkey said it is "very irresponsible behavior" to make recommendations
to youth and future generation that could provoke animosity and
ideology of hatred among nations.
Turkey and Armenia made a failed attempt two years ago to bury a
century of hostilities by signing twin protocols on normalization
of relations and establishing diplomatic ties, which also included
opening of the Turkish-Armenian borders in two months if the procotols
get ratified in parliaments.
The statement said at a time when peace attempts have intensified in
the region, expressions that the Armenian president did not shunned
to use signal that "he has no intention for peace."
From: Baghdasarian
TODAYSZAMAN.COM
July 26, 2011
Turkey
Turkey has condemned Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan's speech in
which he urged school children in capital Yerevan to occupy eastern
Turkey.
A statement released by Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said
Turkey strongly condemns a response of Sarksyan to a question about
occupying eastern Turkey.
Asked by a student at a literature contest ceremony if Armenians will
be able to get back their what they call "western territories" together
with Mount Ararat, Sarksyan said "this is the task of your generation."
Armenians attach importance to Mt. Ararat on the eastern border of
modern-day Turkey, around where they believe adopted Christianity in
301 A.D.
Sarksyan said his generation had fulfilled its task by "getting back"
Karabakh, a part of what he called "our motherland from the enemy."
Nagorno-Karabakh is an Azerbaijani territory which is currently under
Armenian occupation. Both countries have met dozens of times to find a
settlement to the decades-long conflict but failed to secure a peace
agreement. Armenia occupies 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories,
including seven adjacent provinces populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis.
The statement said the primary duty of statesmen must be to prepare
their societies, particularly youth, for a peaceful and prosperous
future.
Turkey said it is "very irresponsible behavior" to make recommendations
to youth and future generation that could provoke animosity and
ideology of hatred among nations.
Turkey and Armenia made a failed attempt two years ago to bury a
century of hostilities by signing twin protocols on normalization
of relations and establishing diplomatic ties, which also included
opening of the Turkish-Armenian borders in two months if the procotols
get ratified in parliaments.
The statement said at a time when peace attempts have intensified in
the region, expressions that the Armenian president did not shunned
to use signal that "he has no intention for peace."
From: Baghdasarian