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DENIAL AND IMPUNITY PAVES THE WAY FOR THE REPETITION OF NEW CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: ARMENIAN FM
16:21, 24 Oct 2014
"Armenian-American relations over the past few years have developed
significantly," Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in
an interview with The New York Times.
"The numerous visits and meetings at all levels of our administrations
are proof of that. These meetings have not only increased in terms of
number, but their content has become richer with every meeting. We
interact closely across the international arena, covering regional
and international security, nonproliferation of weapons of mass
destruction, the fight against all forms of terrorism, peacekeeping
operations and other global challenges," he said.
"After years of supporting peacekeeping in Kosovo and the International
Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, Armenia is going to continue
its contribution in supporting global security," the Minister added.
"Raising awareness of not only the Armenian genocide, but of other
crimes against humanity and genocides is vital for the prevention
of such crimes. As a nation that survived the first genocide of the
20th century, we feel a strong moral responsibility to contribute
to international efforts in prevention of such crimes." Edward
Nalbandian said.
According to him, "denial and impunity paves the way for the repetition
of new crimes against humanity. Independent of geopolitical or other
interests, the international community should stand together in the
recognition, condemnation and punishment of past genocides, for the
sake of their future prevention."
"The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide
is an important step toward its international recognition and
condemnation, but it is not an endpoint. It marks a new beginning in
the context of joint efforts to prevent history repeating itself,"
Minister Nalbandian said.
Speaking about the perspective of Armenian-Turkish normalization, the
Foreign Minister said: "The Armenian-Turkish normalization efforts,
initiated by the president of Armenia in 2008, were summarized five
years ago in Zurich, when we signed the Armenian-Turkish protocols.
But soon Turkey backtracked, returning to its initial language of
preconditions. If the Turkish side considers that it could reanimate
today obstacles to the normalization process, it acts in vain and
without perspective. This is something I told the Turkish foreign
minister in Yerevan in December. Our position, shared by the entire
international community, is the normalization of relations without
any preconditions."
Minister Nalbandian said the membership in the Eurasian Economic
Union will grant new opportunities to Armenia in terms of boosting
competitiveness in our main export markets and increasing our export
volumes, further enhancing and deepening our economic relations
with the member states of the Union, as well as encouraging direct
investments from those states into our country.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/24/denial-and-impunity-paves-the-way-for-the-repetition-of-new-crimes-against-humanity-armenian-fm/
From: Baghdasarian
16:21, 24 Oct 2014
"Armenian-American relations over the past few years have developed
significantly," Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in
an interview with The New York Times.
"The numerous visits and meetings at all levels of our administrations
are proof of that. These meetings have not only increased in terms of
number, but their content has become richer with every meeting. We
interact closely across the international arena, covering regional
and international security, nonproliferation of weapons of mass
destruction, the fight against all forms of terrorism, peacekeeping
operations and other global challenges," he said.
"After years of supporting peacekeeping in Kosovo and the International
Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, Armenia is going to continue
its contribution in supporting global security," the Minister added.
"Raising awareness of not only the Armenian genocide, but of other
crimes against humanity and genocides is vital for the prevention
of such crimes. As a nation that survived the first genocide of the
20th century, we feel a strong moral responsibility to contribute
to international efforts in prevention of such crimes." Edward
Nalbandian said.
According to him, "denial and impunity paves the way for the repetition
of new crimes against humanity. Independent of geopolitical or other
interests, the international community should stand together in the
recognition, condemnation and punishment of past genocides, for the
sake of their future prevention."
"The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide
is an important step toward its international recognition and
condemnation, but it is not an endpoint. It marks a new beginning in
the context of joint efforts to prevent history repeating itself,"
Minister Nalbandian said.
Speaking about the perspective of Armenian-Turkish normalization, the
Foreign Minister said: "The Armenian-Turkish normalization efforts,
initiated by the president of Armenia in 2008, were summarized five
years ago in Zurich, when we signed the Armenian-Turkish protocols.
But soon Turkey backtracked, returning to its initial language of
preconditions. If the Turkish side considers that it could reanimate
today obstacles to the normalization process, it acts in vain and
without perspective. This is something I told the Turkish foreign
minister in Yerevan in December. Our position, shared by the entire
international community, is the normalization of relations without
any preconditions."
Minister Nalbandian said the membership in the Eurasian Economic
Union will grant new opportunities to Armenia in terms of boosting
competitiveness in our main export markets and increasing our export
volumes, further enhancing and deepening our economic relations
with the member states of the Union, as well as encouraging direct
investments from those states into our country.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/24/denial-and-impunity-paves-the-way-for-the-repetition-of-new-crimes-against-humanity-armenian-fm/
From: Baghdasarian