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ARMENIA INVITES TURKISH PRESIDENT TO COMMEMORATE "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'
Today's Zaman, Turkey
May 29 2014
May 27, 2014, Tuesday/ 18:44:56/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan has invited the Turkish president
to visit Armenia on April 24 of next year to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the "Armenian genocide."
"I officially invite the future president of Turkey to visit Armenia
on April 24, 2015, to face the facts of the Armenian genocide,"
Sarksyan said in a statement released on Tuesday. He said Yerevan had
also sent invitations to other national leaders. He urged Turkey to
accept what Armenia calls "genocide" so as not to be an accomplice
in the Ottoman Empire's crime.
The Armenian president also mentioned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's condolences to the descendants of Anatolian Armenians who
died in 1915. Sarksyan said Ankara is taking new steps that are
unprecedented in form, but which still unfortunately reflect its
century-old policy of denial.
In a historic first for the Turkish Republic, Erdogan extended Turkey's
condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who lost their lives
in 1915, a surprising statement that came the day before April 24,
when Armenians commemorate the events they describe as genocide
under Ottoman rule. The statement was widely welcomed by the West
and Armenians living in Turkey, but Yerevan is unsatisfied with
the statement.
From: Baghdasarian
Today's Zaman, Turkey
May 29 2014
May 27, 2014, Tuesday/ 18:44:56/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan has invited the Turkish president
to visit Armenia on April 24 of next year to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the "Armenian genocide."
"I officially invite the future president of Turkey to visit Armenia
on April 24, 2015, to face the facts of the Armenian genocide,"
Sarksyan said in a statement released on Tuesday. He said Yerevan had
also sent invitations to other national leaders. He urged Turkey to
accept what Armenia calls "genocide" so as not to be an accomplice
in the Ottoman Empire's crime.
The Armenian president also mentioned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's condolences to the descendants of Anatolian Armenians who
died in 1915. Sarksyan said Ankara is taking new steps that are
unprecedented in form, but which still unfortunately reflect its
century-old policy of denial.
In a historic first for the Turkish Republic, Erdogan extended Turkey's
condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who lost their lives
in 1915, a surprising statement that came the day before April 24,
when Armenians commemorate the events they describe as genocide
under Ottoman rule. The statement was widely welcomed by the West
and Armenians living in Turkey, but Yerevan is unsatisfied with
the statement.
From: Baghdasarian