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ARMENIA TURNING INTO SPEARHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST GENOCIDE - HRANT MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN
18:00 * 22.04.15
Armenia is turning into spearhead of an international movement against
genocide, which allows it to assume a rather interesting and important
role, political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told Tert.am as
he commented on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's speech at the
International Social and Political Global Forum against the Crime
of Genocide.
"The Armenian state's leader positions himself as leader of universal
struggle against genocide and, in this capacity, presents solutions
to prevent similar crimes in the future. In this respect, it allows
Armenia to assume a rather interesting and important role," Mr
Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
The best evidence thereof is the support Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary
General of the Council of Europe, and Daniel Feierstein, President of
the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), expressed
to Armenia in their speeches.
According to Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan, an international movement against
genocide must be based on condemnation of previous genocides and
aimed at preventing new genocides.
"And the Armenian president's opening speech inaugurated this new
policy. He does not single out the Armenian Genocide. Rather, he
stated that we are seeking to start dealing with other problems after
having the Armenian Genocide internationally recognized and condemned,"
Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
As regards Turkey-related messages, Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan noted that
speaking of panhuman values and universal interests, Armenia's leader
is forming a partition between Turkey's denialism and historical
justice.
"And the context of this movement is that it is not only by means of
this speech, but also by the adoption of a Pan-Armenian Resolution
on Genocide, followed by the Pope's liturgy and statement and the
European Parliament's resolution, that civilized humanity's demand
is shaped," Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/22/hrantmeliq/1654525
18:00 * 22.04.15
Armenia is turning into spearhead of an international movement against
genocide, which allows it to assume a rather interesting and important
role, political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told Tert.am as
he commented on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's speech at the
International Social and Political Global Forum against the Crime
of Genocide.
"The Armenian state's leader positions himself as leader of universal
struggle against genocide and, in this capacity, presents solutions
to prevent similar crimes in the future. In this respect, it allows
Armenia to assume a rather interesting and important role," Mr
Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
The best evidence thereof is the support Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary
General of the Council of Europe, and Daniel Feierstein, President of
the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), expressed
to Armenia in their speeches.
According to Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan, an international movement against
genocide must be based on condemnation of previous genocides and
aimed at preventing new genocides.
"And the Armenian president's opening speech inaugurated this new
policy. He does not single out the Armenian Genocide. Rather, he
stated that we are seeking to start dealing with other problems after
having the Armenian Genocide internationally recognized and condemned,"
Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
As regards Turkey-related messages, Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan noted that
speaking of panhuman values and universal interests, Armenia's leader
is forming a partition between Turkey's denialism and historical
justice.
"And the context of this movement is that it is not only by means of
this speech, but also by the adoption of a Pan-Armenian Resolution
on Genocide, followed by the Pope's liturgy and statement and the
European Parliament's resolution, that civilized humanity's demand
is shaped," Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/22/hrantmeliq/1654525