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Foreign Minister of Lithuania: Distrust in mutual relations will be
felt as long as the problems of the past remain unresolved
arminfo
Friday, January 27, 15:36
Turkey's arguments regarding the French Senate's bill criminalizing
genocides denial doesn't stand up to scrutiny, Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian said in a joint briefing with his Lithuanian
counterpart Audronis Azhubalis in Vilnius, Thursday, the Armenian
Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.
Commenting on the above bill at the request of journalists, Nalbandian
said: "It is Turkey that hinders normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and not the French Senate's bill criminalizing denial of
genocides. They declare that the bill hinders Armenian-Turkish
normalization, but they are well aware that it is Turkey that hinders
to this normalization. There are statements in Turkey that the bill
edits the history. Unfortunately, the black pages in the history, the
terrible tragedy for an entire nation, have already been filled. One
can turn these pages over, if it is still possible, only through
recognition, condemnation and denial prevention, in order no new
tragedies and crimes against humanity happen in the world. The
Senate's bill does not apply to any specific country. A proverb says
an uneasy conscience betrays itself. Turkey's radical response and
accusations against France, the response accusing all the countries
that have recognized the Armenian Genocide, as well as the insulting
and provocative statements addressed to the Armenian Diaspora, which
was the result of that very Genocide, are nothing but a state policy
of denial. It is a very dangerous phenomenon. All this shows how
necessary and important was the Senate's decision. That decision
should be supported also by other countries to prevent new crimes
against humanity."
For conclusion Nalbandian thanked Lithuania for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide in 2005. Commenting on the same question,
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Azhubalis said: "Sooner or later history
will knock our doors and we should open them. We should look in the
face of history and fairly and openly assess what has happened;
otherwise we will have neither peace nor sustainable interstate
relations. Therefore, I think the politicians who welcome discussion
of the history are right, whereas those who want to leave history to
historians are wrong. Distrust in mutual relations will be felt as
long as the problems of the past remain unresolved."
From: A. Papazian
felt as long as the problems of the past remain unresolved
arminfo
Friday, January 27, 15:36
Turkey's arguments regarding the French Senate's bill criminalizing
genocides denial doesn't stand up to scrutiny, Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian said in a joint briefing with his Lithuanian
counterpart Audronis Azhubalis in Vilnius, Thursday, the Armenian
Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.
Commenting on the above bill at the request of journalists, Nalbandian
said: "It is Turkey that hinders normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and not the French Senate's bill criminalizing denial of
genocides. They declare that the bill hinders Armenian-Turkish
normalization, but they are well aware that it is Turkey that hinders
to this normalization. There are statements in Turkey that the bill
edits the history. Unfortunately, the black pages in the history, the
terrible tragedy for an entire nation, have already been filled. One
can turn these pages over, if it is still possible, only through
recognition, condemnation and denial prevention, in order no new
tragedies and crimes against humanity happen in the world. The
Senate's bill does not apply to any specific country. A proverb says
an uneasy conscience betrays itself. Turkey's radical response and
accusations against France, the response accusing all the countries
that have recognized the Armenian Genocide, as well as the insulting
and provocative statements addressed to the Armenian Diaspora, which
was the result of that very Genocide, are nothing but a state policy
of denial. It is a very dangerous phenomenon. All this shows how
necessary and important was the Senate's decision. That decision
should be supported also by other countries to prevent new crimes
against humanity."
For conclusion Nalbandian thanked Lithuania for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide in 2005. Commenting on the same question,
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Azhubalis said: "Sooner or later history
will knock our doors and we should open them. We should look in the
face of history and fairly and openly assess what has happened;
otherwise we will have neither peace nor sustainable interstate
relations. Therefore, I think the politicians who welcome discussion
of the history are right, whereas those who want to leave history to
historians are wrong. Distrust in mutual relations will be felt as
long as the problems of the past remain unresolved."
From: A. Papazian