ARAM I CATHOLICOS GREETS JACQUES CHIRAC’S STATEMENT CONCERNING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 12 2006
ANTELIAS, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. All efforts to
deny the Armenian Genocide may open a door for a new genocide. So, the
international community must seriously approach the Armenian Genocide
which remains unpunished till now. It is said in the letter of Aram
I Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia addressed to President
of France Jacques Chirac. The letter was submitted to Noyan Tapan by
the Press Services of the Cilicia Catholicosate.
Greeting the last statement made by the President of France in Armenia
on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide, by which the French people’s
clear and decisive attitude towards the mentioned tragedy of the
history was again expressed, Aram I Catholicos mentions that France,
with its devotion towards human values and principles of the law
and justice, must serve as an example for all those countries which
continue denying the Armenian Genocide. "I believe in the dialogue
of cultures, religions and peoples. I often touched upon this theme
in my addresses, public speeches and in my books. But recognition
and proclaiming of the truth must only lead the dialogue and peace,"
is said in the letter.
In words of the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Europe is
not only a geographic territory and not a simple political unit.
"Europe is a community of cultural and moral values based considerably
on the human rights. So, I ask a question: Which is the place of
Turkey in the European family?"
Expressing gratitude to the President of France, Aram I Catholicos
mentions that J.Chirac’s position in favour of the Armenian Genocide
recognition is worthy of France and principles kept and protected by
it as well as the "rare role" played by France for the sake of the
human rights protection in the world.