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TURKISH STATESMEN MUST APOLOGIZE FOR GENOCIDE - ARMENIAN MP
14:59 ~U 24.04.13
A senior Armenian parliament member has called upon the Turkish
political elite to apologize to the Armenians for the 1915 Genocide,
following intellectuals' example.
"I would very much like the Turkish statesmen to follow those
intellectuals' example, who launched an apology campaign, managed
to put up with their defeat and say 'yes, there were dark pages
in history'," the vice speaker of the National Assembly, Eduard
Sharmazanov, told reporters at Yerevan's Genocide remembrance park.
"Turkey has to sooner or later recognize the Armenian Genocide. That's
a matter of time because the lie and falsification cannot always be
taken for truth," he added.
Sharmazanov said he doesn't feel optimistic about Turkish President
Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's positive
response to his call.
"Today's message is also intended for the progressive mankind, to
make it realize that it is also its pain and shame that such kind
of atrocities go unpunished, with certain countries still pursuing
denial policies. All the progressive countries' fight has to be against
denialism," he said, recommending against any efforts to focus on the
Genocide's 100th anniversary commemoration ceremony (which is in 2015).
Sharmazanov, who is a spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party
of Armenia, noted further that the international recognition of the
tragic crime is an ongoing struggle aimed to protect human rights
and prevent the recurrence of such atrocities.
The Genocide Remembrance Day also contains a message of life as the
large scale-massacres, which almost killed a nation, never destroyed
it, Sharmazanov said, adding that the nation was reborn after the
tragedy and managed to create an independent state decades later.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
14:59 ~U 24.04.13
A senior Armenian parliament member has called upon the Turkish
political elite to apologize to the Armenians for the 1915 Genocide,
following intellectuals' example.
"I would very much like the Turkish statesmen to follow those
intellectuals' example, who launched an apology campaign, managed
to put up with their defeat and say 'yes, there were dark pages
in history'," the vice speaker of the National Assembly, Eduard
Sharmazanov, told reporters at Yerevan's Genocide remembrance park.
"Turkey has to sooner or later recognize the Armenian Genocide. That's
a matter of time because the lie and falsification cannot always be
taken for truth," he added.
Sharmazanov said he doesn't feel optimistic about Turkish President
Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's positive
response to his call.
"Today's message is also intended for the progressive mankind, to
make it realize that it is also its pain and shame that such kind
of atrocities go unpunished, with certain countries still pursuing
denial policies. All the progressive countries' fight has to be against
denialism," he said, recommending against any efforts to focus on the
Genocide's 100th anniversary commemoration ceremony (which is in 2015).
Sharmazanov, who is a spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party
of Armenia, noted further that the international recognition of the
tragic crime is an ongoing struggle aimed to protect human rights
and prevent the recurrence of such atrocities.
The Genocide Remembrance Day also contains a message of life as the
large scale-massacres, which almost killed a nation, never destroyed
it, Sharmazanov said, adding that the nation was reborn after the
tragedy and managed to create an independent state decades later.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian