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GEORGIA SHOWS PROGRESS IN RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - ACTIVIST
17:59 ~U 24.04.13
Vahagn Chakhalyan, the Javakhk-based Armenian political and public
figures, arrived in Armenia on Tuesday to visit the Memorial to
Armenian Genocide victims (Tsitsernakaberd) on Wednesday.
"Our NGOs applied to Georgia's Parliament for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide. Interestingly, Georgian governmental organizations
applied even earlier, which means certain progress," Chakhalyan
told journalists.
"Georgia's new authorities are well aware that it is difficult for
them to recognize the Armenian Genocide, with Georgia located between
Turkey and Azerbaijan. However, refusing recognition would be a crime
as well, what the Saakashvili regime calls it," Chakhalyan said.
"More than 300,000 Georgians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire,
but very few people dare to mention the fact. This is the reason why
we cannot accuse Georgians of not dealing with the Armenian Genocide,"
Chakhalyan said.
Still, leading Georgian intellectuals are publicly speaking of the
Armenian Genocide and Georgian massacres, which is progress.
Armenian News - Tert.am
17:59 ~U 24.04.13
Vahagn Chakhalyan, the Javakhk-based Armenian political and public
figures, arrived in Armenia on Tuesday to visit the Memorial to
Armenian Genocide victims (Tsitsernakaberd) on Wednesday.
"Our NGOs applied to Georgia's Parliament for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide. Interestingly, Georgian governmental organizations
applied even earlier, which means certain progress," Chakhalyan
told journalists.
"Georgia's new authorities are well aware that it is difficult for
them to recognize the Armenian Genocide, with Georgia located between
Turkey and Azerbaijan. However, refusing recognition would be a crime
as well, what the Saakashvili regime calls it," Chakhalyan said.
"More than 300,000 Georgians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire,
but very few people dare to mention the fact. This is the reason why
we cannot accuse Georgians of not dealing with the Armenian Genocide,"
Chakhalyan said.
Still, leading Georgian intellectuals are publicly speaking of the
Armenian Genocide and Georgian massacres, which is progress.
Armenian News - Tert.am