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POLITICS HAS NO RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT 100 YEARS AFTER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: ALBERT WEILER
13:24, 27 February, 2015
BERLIN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. It's more than clear for Albert
Weiler, member of the German Bundestag, that the massacres and
deportation of the Armenians carried out by the Young Turks'
government in the Ottoman Empire, was the first genocide of the
20th century. The German MP representing the Christian Democratic
Union of Bundestag attended the commemoration event dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide held in Berlin. Weiler
gave a comment on this occasion and noted that the great powers did
not stop the mass killings of the Christian Armenians at that time,
which would be possible from today's point of view. "Politics has no
right to remain silent 100 years after."
As reports "Armenpress", Weiler reminded that the CDU/CSU (the
Christian Democratic Union/ the Christian Social Union) fraction
of Bundestag has called for a number of times upon Turkey to free
themselves from the burden of sad heritage.
Among other things, the German MP noted: "It's sad that till now
Turkey is not ready to apologize for the acts of their ancestors. I
find that the recognition of this sad page of history must become
a precondition of democratic integration in the 21st century. It's
an urgent necessity for a country, aspiring to join the EU, to face
with its own past and reassess it."
Also, the German MP stated that they had hopes on the reconciliation
process after signing the Armenian-Turkish protocols. "But today
I regret that the process of reconciliation had no progress. I am
confident that clearly naming the injustice, which took place, and
its recognition by the authorities of today's Turkey will be good
condition for reconciliation. We'll continue making efforts in that
direction," Albert Weiler noted.
Albert Weiler intends to create a German-Armenian forum in Bundestag
aiming to establish closer Armenian-German relations in various
spheres and encouraging ties between the societies.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/795778/politics-has-no-right-to-remain-silent-100-years-after-armenian-genocide-albert-weiler.html
13:24, 27 February, 2015
BERLIN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. It's more than clear for Albert
Weiler, member of the German Bundestag, that the massacres and
deportation of the Armenians carried out by the Young Turks'
government in the Ottoman Empire, was the first genocide of the
20th century. The German MP representing the Christian Democratic
Union of Bundestag attended the commemoration event dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide held in Berlin. Weiler
gave a comment on this occasion and noted that the great powers did
not stop the mass killings of the Christian Armenians at that time,
which would be possible from today's point of view. "Politics has no
right to remain silent 100 years after."
As reports "Armenpress", Weiler reminded that the CDU/CSU (the
Christian Democratic Union/ the Christian Social Union) fraction
of Bundestag has called for a number of times upon Turkey to free
themselves from the burden of sad heritage.
Among other things, the German MP noted: "It's sad that till now
Turkey is not ready to apologize for the acts of their ancestors. I
find that the recognition of this sad page of history must become
a precondition of democratic integration in the 21st century. It's
an urgent necessity for a country, aspiring to join the EU, to face
with its own past and reassess it."
Also, the German MP stated that they had hopes on the reconciliation
process after signing the Armenian-Turkish protocols. "But today
I regret that the process of reconciliation had no progress. I am
confident that clearly naming the injustice, which took place, and
its recognition by the authorities of today's Turkey will be good
condition for reconciliation. We'll continue making efforts in that
direction," Albert Weiler noted.
Albert Weiler intends to create a German-Armenian forum in Bundestag
aiming to establish closer Armenian-German relations in various
spheres and encouraging ties between the societies.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/795778/politics-has-no-right-to-remain-silent-100-years-after-armenian-genocide-albert-weiler.html