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Jan 5 2015
So-called Armenian genocide threatening regional peace
5 January 2015, 17:55 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Turkish official said the so-called Armenian genocide is a threat to
peace in the region.
Mazhar Bagli, a board member of Turkey's ruling Justice and
Development Party told Trend Agency that Turkey rejects as baseless
Armenian claim that the events of 1915 amount to "Armenian genocide".
"Turkey has repeatedly expressed readiness to open its archives to
investigate the events of 1915 and the country has opened all its
archives," Bagli said.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that Turkey's predecessor, the
Ottoman Empire has allegedly carried out "genocide" against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915.
The Armenians are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the myth
in 2015. Armenia commemorates the alleged genocide on April 24 each
year.
Bagli said Armenians' claims regarding the "genocide" will eventually
lose its meaning thanks the development of relations with brotherly
Azerbaijan and other brotherly nations.
Turkey will easily be able to cope with this issue with its increasing
power, he said.
Strengthening the efforts to promote the so-called "genocide" in the
world, Armenians have achieved a recognition for its empty claim by
the parliaments of some countries.
Turkey supports the creation of a joint historical commission to
investigate the events of 1915, but Armenia is unwilling to disclose
its archives as it fears revealing what the archives may hold.
Bagli also noted that the double standards with respect to Azerbaijan
are unacceptable, noting that as always, Turkey will support
Azerbaijan's position in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"Unfortunately, today the international community is indifferent to
Azerbaijan's problems related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," said
Bagli.
He added that the mass murder of Azerbaijanis in Nagorno-Karabakh and
other occupied territories is marked in Turkey.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by U.S, Russian and French mediators have been largely
fruitless so far.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/75521.html
Jan 5 2015
So-called Armenian genocide threatening regional peace
5 January 2015, 17:55 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Turkish official said the so-called Armenian genocide is a threat to
peace in the region.
Mazhar Bagli, a board member of Turkey's ruling Justice and
Development Party told Trend Agency that Turkey rejects as baseless
Armenian claim that the events of 1915 amount to "Armenian genocide".
"Turkey has repeatedly expressed readiness to open its archives to
investigate the events of 1915 and the country has opened all its
archives," Bagli said.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that Turkey's predecessor, the
Ottoman Empire has allegedly carried out "genocide" against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915.
The Armenians are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the myth
in 2015. Armenia commemorates the alleged genocide on April 24 each
year.
Bagli said Armenians' claims regarding the "genocide" will eventually
lose its meaning thanks the development of relations with brotherly
Azerbaijan and other brotherly nations.
Turkey will easily be able to cope with this issue with its increasing
power, he said.
Strengthening the efforts to promote the so-called "genocide" in the
world, Armenians have achieved a recognition for its empty claim by
the parliaments of some countries.
Turkey supports the creation of a joint historical commission to
investigate the events of 1915, but Armenia is unwilling to disclose
its archives as it fears revealing what the archives may hold.
Bagli also noted that the double standards with respect to Azerbaijan
are unacceptable, noting that as always, Turkey will support
Azerbaijan's position in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"Unfortunately, today the international community is indifferent to
Azerbaijan's problems related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," said
Bagli.
He added that the mass murder of Azerbaijanis in Nagorno-Karabakh and
other occupied territories is marked in Turkey.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by U.S, Russian and French mediators have been largely
fruitless so far.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/75521.html