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EXPERT: CHANGES IN ARMENIA'S POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IMPLY AN INTELLECTUAL FIGHT AGAINST TURKEY
by Nana Martirosyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, July 16, 19:32
The changes in Armenia's policy on recognition of the Armenian
Genocide imply an intellectual fight against Turkey, Professor Rouben
Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
Armenian National Academy of Sciences, said at a press conference
on Tuesday.
He said that he welcomes Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan
Hovsepyan's statement about the need to retrieve the Armenian lands
if that statement marks the beginning of changes in the policy on
the Armenian Genocide recognition. "If this marks the beginning of
changes, we should immediately start preparing for the intellectual
fight and unify the Armenian worldwide", he said.
To recall, during the July 5 Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers dedicated
to the forthcoming centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said that the assignees of the
Armenian Genocide victims should receive material compensation, the
Armenian Apostolic Church should be given back the churches and lands
belonging to the Church, and Armenia should retrieve its territories.
He stressed that one of the Armenian lawyers' goals is to detect the
organizers and instigators of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Empire.
In response, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the statements of
the person holding such a high post allegedly run counter to Armenia's
UN and OSCE accession commitments.
by Nana Martirosyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, July 16, 19:32
The changes in Armenia's policy on recognition of the Armenian
Genocide imply an intellectual fight against Turkey, Professor Rouben
Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the
Armenian National Academy of Sciences, said at a press conference
on Tuesday.
He said that he welcomes Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan
Hovsepyan's statement about the need to retrieve the Armenian lands
if that statement marks the beginning of changes in the policy on
the Armenian Genocide recognition. "If this marks the beginning of
changes, we should immediately start preparing for the intellectual
fight and unify the Armenian worldwide", he said.
To recall, during the July 5 Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers dedicated
to the forthcoming centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said that the assignees of the
Armenian Genocide victims should receive material compensation, the
Armenian Apostolic Church should be given back the churches and lands
belonging to the Church, and Armenia should retrieve its territories.
He stressed that one of the Armenian lawyers' goals is to detect the
organizers and instigators of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Empire.
In response, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the statements of
the person holding such a high post allegedly run counter to Armenia's
UN and OSCE accession commitments.