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TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SPEAK NOT THE SAME LANGUAGE - NALBANDYAN
YEREVAN, April 14. /ARKA/. Armenia's minister of foreign affairs
Edward Nalbandyan said that Turkey and the international community
are on the different wavelength, in commenting Pope Francis' statement
about the Armenian genocide during the holy mass on Sunday.
On Sunday the head of the Roman Catholic Church served a landmark
mass in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter's Basilica. In his
speech, Pope Francis used the world genocide in describing the mass
killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey a century ago. The Pope's
statement provoked anger in Turkey. Turkey recalled the ambassador
to the Vatican, and called the Vatican ambassador to the foreign
ministry for consultation.
The Pope's statement is a call to consolidate, to support the Armenian
people, to back the efforts of the international community to prevent
the future crimes against humanity, the foreign minister said.
It is the spiritual leader's address to some 1.2 billion Catholics,
he said.
"If Turkey disagrees with this statement and with many countries
having recognized the Armenian genocide, and does not agree with the
opinion of the international organizations, than it is the problem of
Turkey, but not of the global community. This indicates that Turkey
and the international community do not speak the same language,"
Nalbandyan said.
This confirms Ankara continues it denial policy at a high level and,
hence, assumes responsibility for the crime committed by the Ottoman
Empire leadership, the Armenian foreign minister said.
Guided by universal human values, the Pope said that concealing or
denying the genocide would mean leaving the wound bleeding without
bandaging it, Nalbandyan said.
"Denial is opening the doors not to reconciliation, but to new crimes
against humanity," the Armenian foreign minister said. -0--
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YEREVAN, April 14. /ARKA/. Armenia's minister of foreign affairs
Edward Nalbandyan said that Turkey and the international community
are on the different wavelength, in commenting Pope Francis' statement
about the Armenian genocide during the holy mass on Sunday.
On Sunday the head of the Roman Catholic Church served a landmark
mass in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter's Basilica. In his
speech, Pope Francis used the world genocide in describing the mass
killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey a century ago. The Pope's
statement provoked anger in Turkey. Turkey recalled the ambassador
to the Vatican, and called the Vatican ambassador to the foreign
ministry for consultation.
The Pope's statement is a call to consolidate, to support the Armenian
people, to back the efforts of the international community to prevent
the future crimes against humanity, the foreign minister said.
It is the spiritual leader's address to some 1.2 billion Catholics,
he said.
"If Turkey disagrees with this statement and with many countries
having recognized the Armenian genocide, and does not agree with the
opinion of the international organizations, than it is the problem of
Turkey, but not of the global community. This indicates that Turkey
and the international community do not speak the same language,"
Nalbandyan said.
This confirms Ankara continues it denial policy at a high level and,
hence, assumes responsibility for the crime committed by the Ottoman
Empire leadership, the Armenian foreign minister said.
Guided by universal human values, the Pope said that concealing or
denying the genocide would mean leaving the wound bleeding without
bandaging it, Nalbandyan said.
"Denial is opening the doors not to reconciliation, but to new crimes
against humanity," the Armenian foreign minister said. -0--
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