Sargsyan invites head of Turkey to commemoration of centennial of genocide against Armenians in Ottoman Empire
29.08.2014,
14:58
Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan invited his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayiip Erdogan to attend the commemoration ceremony on the centennial of the 1915 genocide against Armenians in Ottoman Empire to be held in Yerevan on April 24 2015, the press office of Armenian president reported.
YEREVAN, August 29. /ARKA/. Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan invited his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayiip Erdogan to attend the commemoration ceremony on the centennial of the 1915 genocide against Armenians in Ottoman Empire to be held in Yerevan on April 24 2015, the press office of Armenian president reported.
The invitation was handed by Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan in a brief talk during the reception at Turkish president’s inauguration in Ankara.
Sargsyan said about his intention to invite the head of Turkey to Armenia back in late May. If Turkish leaders are interested in truth, they should come and be next to the Armenian people on April 24, Sargsyan said.
There are no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey: the border has been closed since 1993 initiated by official Ankara. The complications in the countries’ relations are caused particularly by Ankara’s support to Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict and its overreaction to the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Empire being acknowledged across the world.
An Armenia-Turkish reconciliation was initiated by Armenian president in autumn 2008. On October 10, 2009, the two foreign ministers signed the protocol about establishing diplomatic relations in Zurich to be ratified by the countries’ parliaments. On April 22 2010 Armenia’s president Sargsyan suspended the ratification process saying Turkey was not ready to continue the process (ratification by Turkey’s parliament was frozen).
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. Turkey has been denying it for decades. The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965.
Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. –0--
The invitation was handed by Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan in a brief talk during the reception at Turkish president’s inauguration in Ankara.
Sargsyan said about his intention to invite the head of Turkey to Armenia back in late May. If Turkish leaders are interested in truth, they should come and be next to the Armenian people on April 24, Sargsyan said.
There are no diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey: the border has been closed since 1993 initiated by official Ankara. The complications in the countries’ relations are caused particularly by Ankara’s support to Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict and its overreaction to the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Empire being acknowledged across the world.
An Armenia-Turkish reconciliation was initiated by Armenian president in autumn 2008. On October 10, 2009, the two foreign ministers signed the protocol about establishing diplomatic relations in Zurich to be ratified by the countries’ parliaments. On April 22 2010 Armenia’s president Sargsyan suspended the ratification process saying Turkey was not ready to continue the process (ratification by Turkey’s parliament was frozen).
The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. Turkey has been denying it for decades. The Armenian genocide was recognized by tens of countries. The first was Uruguay that did so in 1965.
Other nations are Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, 42 U.S. states. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by the Vatican, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches and other international organizations. –0--
