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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT VICE CHAIRMAN SALUTES ATONEMENT BY TURKISH POLITICAL CIRCLES
NEWS.AM
February 08, 2013 | 11:57
YEREVAN. - Commenting on the recent statement by chairman Ahmet Turk of
Turkey's former pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), in which
he apologized to the Armenian people in connection with the Kurdish
involvement in the Armenian Genocide, Armenian National Assembly
Deputy Speaker, ruling Republican Party Spokesperson Eduard Sharmazanov
saluted such more-frequent atonement by the Turkish political circles.
"I highly appreciate Turk's call to [Turkey's] PM [Recep Tayyip]
Erdogan to stop denying the crime of the Young Turks, to accept the
fact, and to apologize to the Armenians.
I believe this statement by the Kurdish politician [in Turkey]
should serve an example for the present-day leadership of Turkey,
toward reconciling with the painful chapters of their history, [and]
apologizing to Armenians and other people that have become victims
of genocide," Sharmazanov said.
NEWS.AM
February 08, 2013 | 11:57
YEREVAN. - Commenting on the recent statement by chairman Ahmet Turk of
Turkey's former pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), in which
he apologized to the Armenian people in connection with the Kurdish
involvement in the Armenian Genocide, Armenian National Assembly
Deputy Speaker, ruling Republican Party Spokesperson Eduard Sharmazanov
saluted such more-frequent atonement by the Turkish political circles.
"I highly appreciate Turk's call to [Turkey's] PM [Recep Tayyip]
Erdogan to stop denying the crime of the Young Turks, to accept the
fact, and to apologize to the Armenians.
I believe this statement by the Kurdish politician [in Turkey]
should serve an example for the present-day leadership of Turkey,
toward reconciling with the painful chapters of their history, [and]
apologizing to Armenians and other people that have become victims
of genocide," Sharmazanov said.