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SHARMAZANOV TO GUL: PROBLEMS OF THE PAST MUST BE SOLVED, NOT FORGOTTEN
http://www.armenianow.com/genocide/51638/armenia_eduard_sharmazanov_abdullah_gul_reply
GENOCIDE | 29.01.14 | 14:09
"Prickly problems of the past must be solved rather than be forgotten,"
said Vice-Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov
in reply to Turkish President Abdullah Gul's most recent comments
regarding the Armenian genocide.
At a joint press conference with visiting French President Francois
Hollande, Gul urged Armenia and its Diaspora "to leave the pains of
the past behind and not to pass them from generation to generation."
At the same time, Hollande, as quoted by AFP, urged the Turks to
"uncover history" even if it is painful as he referred to the
Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians that France has recognized as
genocide.
"The genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in their native land is nothing
but a vivid manifestation of a crime against humanity. Forgetting
crimes ever committed against the human race begets new crimes, and the
Holocaust during World War II is an example," emphasized Sharmazanov,
who is also a spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
led by President Serzh Sargsyan.
The Armenian official also stressed that denying genocide is no
lesser crime than the one committed by the Young Turk government
against Armenians.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.armenianow.com/genocide/51638/armenia_eduard_sharmazanov_abdullah_gul_reply
GENOCIDE | 29.01.14 | 14:09
"Prickly problems of the past must be solved rather than be forgotten,"
said Vice-Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov
in reply to Turkish President Abdullah Gul's most recent comments
regarding the Armenian genocide.
At a joint press conference with visiting French President Francois
Hollande, Gul urged Armenia and its Diaspora "to leave the pains of
the past behind and not to pass them from generation to generation."
At the same time, Hollande, as quoted by AFP, urged the Turks to
"uncover history" even if it is painful as he referred to the
Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians that France has recognized as
genocide.
"The genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in their native land is nothing
but a vivid manifestation of a crime against humanity. Forgetting
crimes ever committed against the human race begets new crimes, and the
Holocaust during World War II is an example," emphasized Sharmazanov,
who is also a spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
led by President Serzh Sargsyan.
The Armenian official also stressed that denying genocide is no
lesser crime than the one committed by the Young Turk government
against Armenians.
From: A. Papazian