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TURKEY FAILS. ARAB JOURNALIST CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
12:23, 20 March, 2015
YEREVAN, 20 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. "The Armenian Genocide is the greatest
human tragedy. We cannot say that it is the Armenian's issue, no, it's
an international problem, because the impunity of the international
community became a reason for the repetition of such crimes in the
future". These are the words of an Arab journalist Talal Khrayis,
who is currently in Armenia. Reporting for a number of authoritative
agencies, such as the French France 2 and Arab Assafir, he has
specialized in the field of the military journalism. In recent years
Khrayis has been carrying out active works especially in the regions
of Syria and Lebanon, witnessing the ongoing operations. Armenpress
had a talk with Khrayis, revealing the initial causes of his warmth
behavior towards Armenian people.
- How did you get acquainted with the Armenians and the Armenian issue?
- We lived in Lebanon. My family was great, my parents had 8 children,
we needed money and I had to leave school at the age 13 to find work.
I found a job in the "Zartonk" college, headed by Nazareth Nazaryan,
who is the author of the Atlas of the Armenian genocide. And I was
helping him during the preparation work of the Atlas book which
consists of over 1600 pages. Those images have remained in my memory.
These people loved me very much. They changed my life, suggested to
go Vahan Tekeyan's secondary School to study music and I agreed with
pleasure. My life began to change to better. One day, Nazareth said
that I call my dad, because he wanted to speak with him. I did not
know what he would say. When I told my father, he thought, that I have
done something wrong. But when he came to Nazareth, the latter said.
"Your son likes the work which he is doing with us. He does it with
a great pleasure, but he needs to go to school. He will work with us
in the morning, the afternoon will go to school, and we'll take care
of all the expenses". At that time there was Hovakimyan- Manukyan
Charitable Association in Lebanon, they paid my tuition costs, helped
me for the issue of my education, because I had already lost a few
years. Later, I moved to Bulgaria, where I was studying medicine,
and these costs were covered by the Armenians. My relations with the
Armenians and the Armenian issue start from here. I kept this in my
memory. The Armenian community helped me a lot to become human being
and educated.
- Turkey has been continuing denying the Armenian Genocide for
100 years. What should happen to Turkey, so that it reaches the
consciousness of recognizing the Armenian Genocide and compensating
for that?
- At this point Turkey is losing, as it loses ISIS. These terrible
scenes, which are shown by the media, are not real. Islamists lose
in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon border. Turkey is no longer strong, and
Europe has no confidence towards it. The Turkish government has a lot
of problems. If you ask if the Armenian Genocide will be recognized,
I say yes. I travel to Europe and I see that 2-3 years ago, no one
was talking about genocide, and now many journalists are coming
to Armenia. The governments are not strong in Europe, there is a
strong media. All the Media work in favor of the Armenian people. The
Armenian community also has become strong, because it sees that it has
a young state Armenia, for which it has to make certain steps. Turkey
fails and Armenia rises. Armenia is a peaceful country. Despite it has
lived a big tragedy, it continues to struggle peacefully and politely,
asking the world not to repeat the Genocide. (FULL VERSION IS AVAILABLE
IN ARMENIAN)
Interview by Araks Kasyan
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/798474/turkey-fails-arab-journalist-calls-on-international-community-to-recognize-armenian-genocide.html
12:23, 20 March, 2015
YEREVAN, 20 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. "The Armenian Genocide is the greatest
human tragedy. We cannot say that it is the Armenian's issue, no, it's
an international problem, because the impunity of the international
community became a reason for the repetition of such crimes in the
future". These are the words of an Arab journalist Talal Khrayis,
who is currently in Armenia. Reporting for a number of authoritative
agencies, such as the French France 2 and Arab Assafir, he has
specialized in the field of the military journalism. In recent years
Khrayis has been carrying out active works especially in the regions
of Syria and Lebanon, witnessing the ongoing operations. Armenpress
had a talk with Khrayis, revealing the initial causes of his warmth
behavior towards Armenian people.
- How did you get acquainted with the Armenians and the Armenian issue?
- We lived in Lebanon. My family was great, my parents had 8 children,
we needed money and I had to leave school at the age 13 to find work.
I found a job in the "Zartonk" college, headed by Nazareth Nazaryan,
who is the author of the Atlas of the Armenian genocide. And I was
helping him during the preparation work of the Atlas book which
consists of over 1600 pages. Those images have remained in my memory.
These people loved me very much. They changed my life, suggested to
go Vahan Tekeyan's secondary School to study music and I agreed with
pleasure. My life began to change to better. One day, Nazareth said
that I call my dad, because he wanted to speak with him. I did not
know what he would say. When I told my father, he thought, that I have
done something wrong. But when he came to Nazareth, the latter said.
"Your son likes the work which he is doing with us. He does it with
a great pleasure, but he needs to go to school. He will work with us
in the morning, the afternoon will go to school, and we'll take care
of all the expenses". At that time there was Hovakimyan- Manukyan
Charitable Association in Lebanon, they paid my tuition costs, helped
me for the issue of my education, because I had already lost a few
years. Later, I moved to Bulgaria, where I was studying medicine,
and these costs were covered by the Armenians. My relations with the
Armenians and the Armenian issue start from here. I kept this in my
memory. The Armenian community helped me a lot to become human being
and educated.
- Turkey has been continuing denying the Armenian Genocide for
100 years. What should happen to Turkey, so that it reaches the
consciousness of recognizing the Armenian Genocide and compensating
for that?
- At this point Turkey is losing, as it loses ISIS. These terrible
scenes, which are shown by the media, are not real. Islamists lose
in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon border. Turkey is no longer strong, and
Europe has no confidence towards it. The Turkish government has a lot
of problems. If you ask if the Armenian Genocide will be recognized,
I say yes. I travel to Europe and I see that 2-3 years ago, no one
was talking about genocide, and now many journalists are coming
to Armenia. The governments are not strong in Europe, there is a
strong media. All the Media work in favor of the Armenian people. The
Armenian community also has become strong, because it sees that it has
a young state Armenia, for which it has to make certain steps. Turkey
fails and Armenia rises. Armenia is a peaceful country. Despite it has
lived a big tragedy, it continues to struggle peacefully and politely,
asking the world not to repeat the Genocide. (FULL VERSION IS AVAILABLE
IN ARMENIAN)
Interview by Araks Kasyan
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/798474/turkey-fails-arab-journalist-calls-on-international-community-to-recognize-armenian-genocide.html