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HISTORIANS, POLITICIANS COMMENT ON ARMENIAN EDUCATION MINISTER'S PROPOSAL
20:33 ~U 17.01.14
Tert.am turned to a number of scholars and politicians for their
comments on Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan's
proposal to rename the Republic of Armenia the Republic of Eastern
Armenia.
"We should be balanced. Do we lay claims to Western Armenia by
renaming the Republic of Armenia Eastern Armenia? This step is
supposed be followed by further logical steps," Director of the
Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (ANAS),
Ashot Melkonyan said.
"On the one hand, we suspended the ratification of the disgraceful
Armenian-Turkish protocols (which means they are still on the agenda).
On the other hand, we are laying claims to Western Armenia, which is
to our heart. How are we going to combine the two?"
Armenia should not only make statements, but also amend its foreign
policy. If it had been done, Melkonyan would understand Minister
Ashotyan.
Edik Minasyan, Dean of the Department of History, Yerevan State
University, was surprised at Minister Ashotyan's proposal. He noted,
however, that Armenians lost part of Eastern Armenia as well.
"In other words, we would be glad if Eastern Armenia entirely belonged
to us. But the Republic of Armenia could lay claims at any moment,"
he said.
Chairman of the Public Council of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan said: "I do
not know about Ashotyan's proposal, so I cannot make comments. In any
case, I do not think it is the best time to discuss such topics. Nor
do I think this is Armenia's priority task."
One the historians got indignant at Minister Ashotyan's proposal.
According to him, such a proposal could be made by a doctor (allusion
to Armen Ashotyan's medical education) or by Leader of the National
Self-Determination Union (NDU) Paruyr Hayrikyan, but not by Armenia's
minister of education and science.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/01/17/ashotyan-patmabanner/
20:33 ~U 17.01.14
Tert.am turned to a number of scholars and politicians for their
comments on Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan's
proposal to rename the Republic of Armenia the Republic of Eastern
Armenia.
"We should be balanced. Do we lay claims to Western Armenia by
renaming the Republic of Armenia Eastern Armenia? This step is
supposed be followed by further logical steps," Director of the
Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (ANAS),
Ashot Melkonyan said.
"On the one hand, we suspended the ratification of the disgraceful
Armenian-Turkish protocols (which means they are still on the agenda).
On the other hand, we are laying claims to Western Armenia, which is
to our heart. How are we going to combine the two?"
Armenia should not only make statements, but also amend its foreign
policy. If it had been done, Melkonyan would understand Minister
Ashotyan.
Edik Minasyan, Dean of the Department of History, Yerevan State
University, was surprised at Minister Ashotyan's proposal. He noted,
however, that Armenians lost part of Eastern Armenia as well.
"In other words, we would be glad if Eastern Armenia entirely belonged
to us. But the Republic of Armenia could lay claims at any moment,"
he said.
Chairman of the Public Council of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan said: "I do
not know about Ashotyan's proposal, so I cannot make comments. In any
case, I do not think it is the best time to discuss such topics. Nor
do I think this is Armenia's priority task."
One the historians got indignant at Minister Ashotyan's proposal.
According to him, such a proposal could be made by a doctor (allusion
to Armen Ashotyan's medical education) or by Leader of the National
Self-Determination Union (NDU) Paruyr Hayrikyan, but not by Armenia's
minister of education and science.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/01/17/ashotyan-patmabanner/