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Interfax, Russia
April 25 2014
Armenians expect genocide recognition from Turkey - Catholicos Aram I
Yerevan, April 25, Interfax - The Armenian people expect not only
condolences but the recognition of the Armenian Genocide from Turkey,
Catholicos Aram I of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia.
"We have read the Turkish prime minister's statement on the eve of the
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Falsification of historical facts
cannot overpower indisputable truth. What happened in Turkey in 1915
was not a result of war, Mr. prime minister. This is genocide of
Armenians - in both the political and legal sense of this word,"
Catholicos Aram I said in commenting on Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's statement in the run-up to the Genocide Remembrance
Day.
The Turkish prime minister for the first time expressed condolences to
the descendants of Armenians massacred in the Ottoman Empire in 1915
in a Wednesday statement.
"It is with this hope and belief that we wish that the Armenians who
lost their lives in the context of the early 20th century rest in
peace, and we convey our condolences to their grandchildren," Erdogan
said in his statement.
"The incidents of the First World War are our shared pain," he said.
In commenting on the Turkish prime minister's words, Catholicos Aram I
said on the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia's official
Facebook account, "This is genocide organized and committed by your
ancestors - Talaat Pasha and Enver Pasha. Therefore, the Armenian
people expect not condolences and lectures from Turkey but the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide and compensation."
April 25 2014
Armenians expect genocide recognition from Turkey - Catholicos Aram I
Yerevan, April 25, Interfax - The Armenian people expect not only
condolences but the recognition of the Armenian Genocide from Turkey,
Catholicos Aram I of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia.
"We have read the Turkish prime minister's statement on the eve of the
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Falsification of historical facts
cannot overpower indisputable truth. What happened in Turkey in 1915
was not a result of war, Mr. prime minister. This is genocide of
Armenians - in both the political and legal sense of this word,"
Catholicos Aram I said in commenting on Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's statement in the run-up to the Genocide Remembrance
Day.
The Turkish prime minister for the first time expressed condolences to
the descendants of Armenians massacred in the Ottoman Empire in 1915
in a Wednesday statement.
"It is with this hope and belief that we wish that the Armenians who
lost their lives in the context of the early 20th century rest in
peace, and we convey our condolences to their grandchildren," Erdogan
said in his statement.
"The incidents of the First World War are our shared pain," he said.
In commenting on the Turkish prime minister's words, Catholicos Aram I
said on the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia's official
Facebook account, "This is genocide organized and committed by your
ancestors - Talaat Pasha and Enver Pasha. Therefore, the Armenian
people expect not condolences and lectures from Turkey but the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide and compensation."