Anna Naghdalyan reacts to Turkey’s statements related to Armenian Genocide
18.06.2020,
13:12
Anna Naghdalyan, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson, commented Thursday on the discussion of the issue of the Armenian Genocide at the Turkish side’s statements. According to media reports, the highest advisory body at the Turkish presidential administration convened a session chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the session participants discussed the actions that should be taken against “the allegations against Turkey on the 1915 events”.
YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. Anna Naghdalyan, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson, commented Thursday on the discussion of the issue of the Armenian Genocide at the Turkish side’s statements. According to media reports, the highest advisory body at the Turkish presidential administration convened a session chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the session participants discussed the actions that should be taken against “the allegations against Turkey on the 1915 events”.
“The statements by the president of Turkey on justifying the Armenian Genocide and insulting its victims are not something new and are manifestations of hate speech which have an impact on the strengthening and maintenance of the atmosphere of xenophobia against Armenians in that country,” Naghdalyan said.
She said that the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide is not an Armenian-Turkish matter, it is an issue of Turkey and the international community. This is evidenced by Turkey’s numerous statements and actions over the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by this or that country.
For Armenians and for the international community the Armenian Genocide is a fact which has also served as a base for the development of the 1948 Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the introduction of mechanisms for prevention of genocides and crimes against humanity.
“Denialism has no future, no matter who will package it and how. No matter how hard the Turkish authorities try to pressure the truth, the truth in any case has paved and will pave its way,” Naghdalyan said.
Armenian-Turkish relations
There are no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey. The Armenian-Turkish border has been closed since 1993 at the initiative of official Ankara. The process of normalizing relations in the fall of 2008 was initiated by then president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
On October 10, 2009, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed a “Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations” and a “Protocol on the Development of Bilateral Relations” in Zurich, which were to be ratified by the parliaments of the two countries. However, on April 22, 2010, Sargsyan suspended the process of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols by his decree, saying that Turkey was not ready to continue the process.
The present Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on December 13, 2019 that all the governments of the republic have repeatedly stated their readiness to establish good neighborly relations with Turkey without preconditions. -0--
“The statements by the president of Turkey on justifying the Armenian Genocide and insulting its victims are not something new and are manifestations of hate speech which have an impact on the strengthening and maintenance of the atmosphere of xenophobia against Armenians in that country,” Naghdalyan said.
She said that the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide is not an Armenian-Turkish matter, it is an issue of Turkey and the international community. This is evidenced by Turkey’s numerous statements and actions over the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by this or that country.
For Armenians and for the international community the Armenian Genocide is a fact which has also served as a base for the development of the 1948 Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the introduction of mechanisms for prevention of genocides and crimes against humanity.
“Denialism has no future, no matter who will package it and how. No matter how hard the Turkish authorities try to pressure the truth, the truth in any case has paved and will pave its way,” Naghdalyan said.
Armenian-Turkish relations
There are no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey. The Armenian-Turkish border has been closed since 1993 at the initiative of official Ankara. The process of normalizing relations in the fall of 2008 was initiated by then president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
On October 10, 2009, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed a “Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations” and a “Protocol on the Development of Bilateral Relations” in Zurich, which were to be ratified by the parliaments of the two countries. However, on April 22, 2010, Sargsyan suspended the process of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols by his decree, saying that Turkey was not ready to continue the process.
The present Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on December 13, 2019 that all the governments of the republic have repeatedly stated their readiness to establish good neighborly relations with Turkey without preconditions. -0--
