TURKEY SHOULD COME TO TERMS WITH ITS PAST

Yerkir
29.03.2006 15:11

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – “This tragedy should not be forgotten,” Erik Boel,
the president of the Donnish European Movement, inscribed today in
the guest-book of the Armenian Genocide Museum. He also laid a wreath
at the monument of the victims.

Erik Boel was accompanied by Armenian National Assembly Vice-speaker
and Armenian Rvolutinoary Federation Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisian
and Bureau member Mario Nalbandian.

When asked whether the international community is assessing the
Armenian Genocide adequately and is not using double standards, Boel
said, “The country I represent and I personally believe that it was a
genocide. And this is why I am paying homage to the victims of that
tragedy. I believe all countries should come to terms with their
pasts to move forward, I believe Germany is the best example.”

As for making recognition of the Armenian Genocide for Turkey a
precondition to admit that country in the European Union, Boel said
that he believed it is in Turkey’s interest to recognize the Genocide
and it should consider its past as well as the Armenians.