ANKARA SHOULD RECOGNISE THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE: KAREKIN II
NTV MSNBC, Turkey
June 26 2006
Karekin II conducted a service on Sunday in the central church of
the Turkish Armenian Patriarchy.
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Guncelleme: 16:00 TSÝ 26 Haziran 2006 PazartesiISTANBUL – Armenian
General Patriarch Karekin II, currently on a visit to Turkey, on
Sunday said that Ankara should recognise the so-called Armenian
genocide of 1915.
Speaking at a press conference after conducting a mass in an Armenian
church in Istanbul, Karekin II said the allegations of genocide against
the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian community had been studied for 90 years
by academics.
"For our people the genocide is not an issue of research," he said.
"This is an incident that has happened and its has to be recognised."
Karekin II said that Armenia was very willing to develop relations
with Turkey and stressed that if the two countries worked together
constructive solutions could be found to the problem.
In response to Turkey giving high points to Armenia in the Eurovision
Song Contest, Karekin II said that this should be seen as a positive
step.
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