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FRENCH PRESIDENT URGES TURKEY TO "REVISIT" ITS HISTORY
armradio.am
06.10.2011 22:13
The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived in Armenia for
a two-day state visit. Following the welcome ceremony at Zvartnots
airport, the Presidents of Armenia and France headed for the Mother See
of Hoy Etchmiadzin to meet His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians.
Serzh Sargsyan and Nicolas Sarkozy next visited Tsitsernakaberd
Memorial to pay tribute to Armenian Genocide victims.
The Armenian and the French delegations visited the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute and took a tour of the museum. President of France
Nicolas Sarkozy left a note in the Commemoration Book. "France does
not forget," he wrote.
Speaking to reporters, French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Turkey to
"revisit" its history regarding the 1915 events.
"Turkey, which is a great country, would be honorable to revisit
its history like the other great countries in the world have done:
Germany, France," Sarkozy told journalists in Yerevan.
"The genocide of Armenians is a historic reality that was recognized
by France. Collective denial is even worse than individual denial,"
he said.
"We are always stronger when we look our history in the face, and
denial is not acceptable."
Sarkozy was speaking after visiting Armenia's Genocide Museum.
Asked whether France should adopt a law prosecuting anyone who denies
that the massacres were genocide, Sarkozy replied that "if Turkey
revisited its history, looked it in the face, with its shadows and
highlights, this recognition of the genocide would be sufficient."
"But if Turkey will not do this, then without a doubt it would be
necessary to go further," he said.
armradio.am
06.10.2011 22:13
The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived in Armenia for
a two-day state visit. Following the welcome ceremony at Zvartnots
airport, the Presidents of Armenia and France headed for the Mother See
of Hoy Etchmiadzin to meet His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians.
Serzh Sargsyan and Nicolas Sarkozy next visited Tsitsernakaberd
Memorial to pay tribute to Armenian Genocide victims.
The Armenian and the French delegations visited the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute and took a tour of the museum. President of France
Nicolas Sarkozy left a note in the Commemoration Book. "France does
not forget," he wrote.
Speaking to reporters, French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Turkey to
"revisit" its history regarding the 1915 events.
"Turkey, which is a great country, would be honorable to revisit
its history like the other great countries in the world have done:
Germany, France," Sarkozy told journalists in Yerevan.
"The genocide of Armenians is a historic reality that was recognized
by France. Collective denial is even worse than individual denial,"
he said.
"We are always stronger when we look our history in the face, and
denial is not acceptable."
Sarkozy was speaking after visiting Armenia's Genocide Museum.
Asked whether France should adopt a law prosecuting anyone who denies
that the massacres were genocide, Sarkozy replied that "if Turkey
revisited its history, looked it in the face, with its shadows and
highlights, this recognition of the genocide would be sufficient."
"But if Turkey will not do this, then without a doubt it would be
necessary to go further," he said.