TURKISH SPEAKER WRITES TO FOREIGN PARLIAMENTS ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE

Anatolia news agency
7 Sep 05

Ankara, 7 September: Turkish parliament [Speaker] Bulent Arinc
sent letters to his counterparts in 16 countries which has adopted
resolutions on the so-called Armenian genocide allegations.

In the letters he sent to the Speakers of parliaments of Switzerland,
Poland, Slovakia, Lebanon, Canada, Argentina, Germany, Belgium, France,
the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Uruguay, Sweden, Russian Federation
and Venezuela, Arinc said: “We have nothing to hide or be ashamed in
our history.”

He expressed sorrow and disappointment about adoption of resolutions
accusing Turkey of carrying out a genocide, and said: “It is
unacceptable that the history be used as a tool for political
intentions that can cause prejudice against Turkey and Turkish nation.”

“Turkey has always argued that disputable chapters of history should
be assessed by historians, and therefore, has opened its archives
to all researchers. Recently, Turkey has proposed Armenia to form a
group composed by Turkish and Armenian historians who can examine
developments and incidents happened in 1915 within the related
archives. Turkey also proposed that this group should make public
the results of its researches,” indicated Arinc.

Arinc stated that national parliaments were not the places where
decisions on historical events can be taken, and added that parliaments
should in fact exert efforts to create and improve atmosphere of
friendship and cooperation among countries and peoples.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress