Aratta-Kingdom Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 ARMEN AYVAZYAN: REFUSAL FROM TERRITORIAL CLAIMS WITHOUT ANY POLITICAL DIVIDENDS IMPERMISSIBLE armradio.am 23.04.2008 17:30 Every year facing April 24 Turkish officials make statements in support of normalization of relations with Armenia, which are meant to mislead the outer world and not to allow it to interfere in bilateral relations, Director of the Ararat Center for Strategic Research, PhD in Political Science Armen Ayvazyan told a press conference today. According to him, every year these statements aim at showing that Turkey is engaged in dialogue with Armenia and aim at weakening the pressure of the European countries. However, according to Armen Ayvazyan, pressures from the international community are always ineffective and do not result in positive steps by Turkey. The issues of Genocide and its consequences were not included in the foreign policy agenda in early 1990s after the country gained independence. From 1998 the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide was put on the foreign policy agenda of the Republic of Armenia. According to Armen Ayvazyan, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide should develop from a moral issue into a territorial one from the point of view of Armenia's security. In his opinion, the reference to the issue of territories would create the best opportunity for influencing Turkey. Although the lands will not be returned all at once, the proper opportunity may emerge in years, even decades, since the policy will lead to that earlier or later. It's not permissible to refuse from territorial claims without any political dividends. In his opinion, besides being an issue of security of the people of Nagorno Artsax, the Artsakhi issue is a question of Armenia's security: Syunik would fall without Artsakh and Armenia would not exist without Syunik, while having liberated Artsakh and the territories surrounding it we have created a serious territorial and security guarantee. Documents on recognition of the Armenian Genocide exist on the level of about twenty international structures, which, however, do not contribute to the sharp issues of Armenia's security, and do not exert any influence on the current state of Armenian-Turkish relations, do not pose the question of responsibility and reimbursement for this greatest crime against humanity. According to Armen Ayvazyan, the adoption of H. Res. 106 on the Armenian Genocide by the US House of Representatives could create a peaceful situation in the region and suggest opportunities for recognition of the Genocide by Turkey, would improve the psychological aspect of the country's security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 It's Time to Demand Reparations for Genocide, Says Historian YEREVAN (ArmRadio)--Today we are entering a new stage in the campaign for Genocide Recognition where the Armenian Nation must begin demanding reparations for the crimes committed by Turkey, Director of the History Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Ashot Melkonyan told a press conference on Wednesday. "We say that Turkey has perpetrated Genocide, the world recognizes it and we are satisfied," Melkonyan said. "What do we want after this? We want that the guilt of the criminal is recognized in the court." "After having made much progress in the international recognition of the Genocide, we must decide what the next step will be," he said. Melkonyan then went on to provide an overview of the Armenian Cause as it developed from the onset of the Genocide, focusing on the period between 1915 to the present. According to him there have been four stages of historic development for the Armenian people in the context of the genocide. He explained that the period from 1915 and 1923 can be characterized as one of reaction where the fact of the Armenian Genocide was so real that it found response in distant Uruguay and Argentina. Archive materials from different countries were published in tens of languages and it was an issue in the hearts and minds of people throughout the world. According to the historian, the year 1923 marked the start of a long period of denial, which was a dreadful stage, when the wound was fresh, and the world was indifferent. It lasted until 1965, after which the Genocide issue was raised both in the Motherland and the Diaspora. The third stage, he explained, falls between 1965 and 1995 and is characterized as a period of recovery of memory and resumption of activism. Argentine, Cyprus and other countries recognized the Armenian Genocide during this period. The Final and most important period in this history came about when the Republic of Armenia adopted the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a foreign policy objective, Melkonyan said. During this period, more then ten countries recognized the Genocide. But the word Western Armenia was not included in the resolutions of those countries, he said. Today, Armenia is entering a new stage in the history of the Cause for Genocide Recognition, he said, moving from a drive for recognition to reimbursement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garmag Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 It's Time to Demand Reparations for Genocide, Says Historian ... Today, Armenia is entering a new stage in the history of the Cause for Genocide Recognition, he said, moving from a drive for recognition to reimbursement. Finally the zenith of our rightful demands! Will we see that day when reparations are in force? Our unity and power can go a long way making this justice to prevail for a change! Our historians should teach the future Armenian youth about the inheritance they are entitled to! Long live the truth sayers like Ayvazyans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluttermoth Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I'd like to think it could happen, but I'n cynical... I don't think Turkey will ever give up Ararat, but to get Ani back would be good. I can't see any thing else being relinquished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I'd like to think it could happen, but I'n cynical... That's only your opinion. I don't think Turkey will ever give up Ararat, but to get Ani back would be good. I can't see any thing else being relinquished. turks have nothing to say in this. This is not the case when the criminal can negotiate his sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aratta-Kingdom Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Finally the zenith of our rightful demands! Will we see that day when reparations are in force? Our unity and power can go a long way making this justice to prevail for a change! Our historians should teach the future Armenian youth about the inheritance they are entitled to! Long live the truth sayers like Ayvazyans... Yes garmag, step by step we are getting there. We will go back home, and we gonna force the bloody bastards to pay for what they have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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