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    ARMENIA IS A STATE THAT INSPIRES HOPE: THORBJORN JAGLAND

    13:03, 22 Apr 2015
    Siranush Ghazanchyan

    Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has called on
    Armenia and Turkey to return to Armenian-Turkish normalization process.

    "If there is a reason and an opportunity to return to Armenian-Turkish
    protocols, it will be great. I call on both parties not to let that
    chance slip through their fingers. I hope the conflict of 100 years
    won't erase the possibility of peaceful coexistence," Jagland said,
    speaking at the global forum "Against the Crime of Genocide" that
    kicked off in Armenian capital Yerevan today.

    CoE Secretary General said he hopes Armenia and Turkey will sooner
    or later find the way to reconciliation.

    Speaking about the Armenian Genocide, Thorbjorn Jagland said "what
    was committed against the Armenian people hundred years ago was the
    loss of not only Armenians but also the entire world."

    "I am sad, I am thinking about those people who lost their lives
    during that tragedy. I am excited to be here. I am from Fridtjof
    Nansen's country, and I am even more excited in this connection,
    the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland,
    stated at the International Social and Political Global Forum against
    the Crime of Genocide.

    He noted that one hundred years ago the Armenians were brutally killed,
    and thousands of Armenians were driven to poverty. "This was not only
    the loss of the Armenians, but the loss of the world," he said.

    "To prevent new tragedies, we should sympathize with those who suffered
    and paid with their lives," Jagland said.

    In his words, politics hampers sympathy. "All states have the
    responsibility to prevent violations of rights against innocent
    people. First of all, it is the states that have the duty to prevent
    ethnic cleansings and the international organizations should support
    them."

    "Armenia is a state that inspires hope. You have been able to turn
    your suffering into strength, and the entire world can see it this
    week," Mr. Jagland stressed.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/22/armenia-is-a-state-that-inspires-hope-thorbjorn-jagland/

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