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KIRO MANOYAN: TURKEY UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TILL 2015

18.06.2005 06:32

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `Taking into account the current developments in Turkey I
do not think it will recognize the Armenian Genocide till 2015′, Kiro
Manoyan, Director of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau’s Hay
Dat and Political Affairs Office stated during online interview initiated by
OpenArmenia.com and PanARMENIAN.Net. In his words, national mentality
revolution is essential for Turkey to acknowledge the Genocide. However the
authorities suppress any attempt of the kind at present. `I do not know
whether Armenia has worked out a package of demands, however it possesses
the juridical ground for announcing of the rights based upon international
agreements and jus gentum’, he said.