PACE President: Turkey should accept Armenian Genocide and face reality
15:27, 1 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: Turkey should recognize the Armenian
Genocide to face its own history and make a significant step towards
the membership in the European Union. This was stated to Armenpress by
the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon.
`I think that Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide. That
would be one of the most important steps towards its membership in the
European Union. Turkey should accept the committed genocide and face
the own history and reality', - said Jean-Claude Mignon. The President
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that
there were quite many victims and human tragedies committed by
Turkey. `The Armenian Genocide is a global tragedy, which should be
recognized', - said the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on June 1 to
commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The high-ranking
guest laid a wreath to the Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of
the innocent victims of the Genocide and flowers to the Eternal Fire.
Jean-Claude Mignon made a note in the record book of the Genocide
Museum Institute: `Thank you for this touching visit to the Memorial
perpetuating the sad memory of the innocent victims of the Armenia
Genocide. Every day the European Council struggles not to allow the
repetition of such a tragedy'.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon arrived in Armenia to participate in the sessions
of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe, launched in Yerevan on May 31.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a
declaration on the Armenian Genocide on April 24 of the years of 1998
and 2001. `Today we commemorate the anniversary of the first genocide
of the 20th century and pay tribute to the memory of the innocent
Armenians fell in the massacre directed against the humanity', - says
the PACE Resolution of April 24 1998.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/720960/pace-president-turkey-should-accept-armenian-genocide-and-face-reality.html
15:27, 1 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: Turkey should recognize the Armenian
Genocide to face its own history and make a significant step towards
the membership in the European Union. This was stated to Armenpress by
the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon.
`I think that Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide. That
would be one of the most important steps towards its membership in the
European Union. Turkey should accept the committed genocide and face
the own history and reality', - said Jean-Claude Mignon. The President
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that
there were quite many victims and human tragedies committed by
Turkey. `The Armenian Genocide is a global tragedy, which should be
recognized', - said the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on June 1 to
commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The high-ranking
guest laid a wreath to the Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of
the innocent victims of the Genocide and flowers to the Eternal Fire.
Jean-Claude Mignon made a note in the record book of the Genocide
Museum Institute: `Thank you for this touching visit to the Memorial
perpetuating the sad memory of the innocent victims of the Armenia
Genocide. Every day the European Council struggles not to allow the
repetition of such a tragedy'.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon arrived in Armenia to participate in the sessions
of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe, launched in Yerevan on May 31.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a
declaration on the Armenian Genocide on April 24 of the years of 1998
and 2001. `Today we commemorate the anniversary of the first genocide
of the 20th century and pay tribute to the memory of the innocent
Armenians fell in the massacre directed against the humanity', - says
the PACE Resolution of April 24 1998.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/720960/pace-president-turkey-should-accept-armenian-genocide-and-face-reality.html