Genocide Issue Should Be Viewed On Political Level

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GENOCIDE ISSUE SHOULD BE VIEWED ON POLITICAL LEVEL

 

18.04.2005 07:01

 

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It is time to speak of the recognition of theArmenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey on the political level, put forward the objectives and press for the international discussion of this crime as well as territorial and moral compensation”, Director of the National Academy of Sciences Ashot Melkonian, who participated in the international conference entitled “Genocide: reality and condemnation”, stated, IA Regnum reports. In his words, the mission on the historical level has been already accomplished. “After today’s conference we, historians should not be present at any conference on Genocide summoned by Turks. To date this approach is comprehended by the politicians”, he said. When touching upon the proposal of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on conduction of a joint investigation of the events taken place in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the last century Ashot Melkonian stated that we “have nothing to discuss and prove.” “Tens of books containing documents from various archives have been published recently in Armenian, Russian, Spanish, German, French, English and even in Turkish. The Turkish party has not called either of them in question. Whey Turks say that one of these documents does not correspond to reality we will get involved in the scientific dispute”, the professor said.