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AZERBAIJAN RESPONDS TO SARKOZY'S ARMENIAN GENOCIDE STATEMENTS
epress.am
10.07.2011
Azerbaijan does not agree with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's
statements regarding the Armenian Genocide an the opening of the
Armenia-Turkey border, said head of the public and political department
of Azerbaijan's presidential administration Ali Hasanov.
"Each of these issues is a specific aspect of international politics.
Azerbaijan has always supported Turkey's interests in processes taking
place in the South Caucasus, as well as in international affairs,"
he said, reports Baku-based news agency Trend.
According to Hasanov, Baku doesn't share the French government's
position, which include Sarkozy's statements on the Armenian Genocide
and the opening of the Armenia-Turkey borders.
Recall, Sarkozy urged Turkey on Friday to recognize the First World
War-era massacres of Armenians as genocide before his term ends in
May 2012.
"From 1915 to 2011, it seems to be enough [time] for reflection,"
Sarkozy told reporters in Yerevan on the second day of his visit
to Armenia.
Speaking alongside his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan, Sarkozy
noted, however, that "it is not up to France to give an ultimatum
to anyone."
Sarkozy on Thursday urged Turkey to "revisit its history" over the
killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians under the Ottoman
Empire, calling its refusal to recognize the deaths as genocide
"unacceptable," AFP reports.
The French president said that if Turkey did not make this "gesture of
peace" and "step towards reconciliation," he would consider proposing
the adoption of a law criminalizing denial of the killings as genocide.
epress.am
10.07.2011
Azerbaijan does not agree with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's
statements regarding the Armenian Genocide an the opening of the
Armenia-Turkey border, said head of the public and political department
of Azerbaijan's presidential administration Ali Hasanov.
"Each of these issues is a specific aspect of international politics.
Azerbaijan has always supported Turkey's interests in processes taking
place in the South Caucasus, as well as in international affairs,"
he said, reports Baku-based news agency Trend.
According to Hasanov, Baku doesn't share the French government's
position, which include Sarkozy's statements on the Armenian Genocide
and the opening of the Armenia-Turkey borders.
Recall, Sarkozy urged Turkey on Friday to recognize the First World
War-era massacres of Armenians as genocide before his term ends in
May 2012.
"From 1915 to 2011, it seems to be enough [time] for reflection,"
Sarkozy told reporters in Yerevan on the second day of his visit
to Armenia.
Speaking alongside his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan, Sarkozy
noted, however, that "it is not up to France to give an ultimatum
to anyone."
Sarkozy on Thursday urged Turkey to "revisit its history" over the
killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians under the Ottoman
Empire, calling its refusal to recognize the deaths as genocide
"unacceptable," AFP reports.
The French president said that if Turkey did not make this "gesture of
peace" and "step towards reconciliation," he would consider proposing
the adoption of a law criminalizing denial of the killings as genocide.