CONCLUSIONS ARE ANACHRONISTIC
Panorama.am
16:17 06/02/2007
We present answers of Executive of the Hye Dat office of ARF Bureau,
Kiro Manoyan, to Panorama.am.
– Aren’t the authorities of Russia consistent in the issue of revealing
and condemning murders on the national ground?
– The fact that, in general, the most part of the murders in Russia on
national ground, not only against Armenians, have not been revealed and
or it is not always that the revealed cases get relevant accusation and
sentence, testifies that not at all levels of the Russian authorities
and not all branches show sufficient consistency. Taking into
consideration that the murders on the national ground testify about
the disease of one part, then the healthy section of the society, the
intellectuals as well have the great thing to do to cure the disease.
– Was the reaction of official Turkey adequate in the aroused
situation, and whether Ankara is ready to reveal the case of the
assassination of Hrant Dink up to the end?
– Official Turkey tried to go out of the situation with minimum
losses. The statements, made with propagandistic view, and the
expressions of condolences did not show that official Turkey does
not concern that the murder of Hrant Dink was committed just through
their fault, that he was killed with just the motivation that the
court of Turkey had judged him. Official Turkey will hardly display
readiness to reveal the case up to the end, because it will mean
a non-official conflict with the structures, which are called an
aboriginal state. Official Ankara will not go to it for the murder
of an Armenian.
– Whether the authorities of Armenia and the Armenian society have
displayed an adequate reaction to the committed crimes. "In one case
they didn’t say anything, in other case were engaged in anti-Turkish
propaganda".
– The assassination of Dink on political ground should not be compared
with the murders being committed in Russia on national ground. The
assassination of Dink was a terrorist act committed by the political
order.
In general the reaction of the Armenian authorities and the society
was adequate. And what happened in Turkey, was a political action to
which an adequate response was given.
– Is it possible that the processes taken place in Russian and Turkey,
will bring amendments in the consciousness of the society, in view
of worsening of Armenian-Russian friendly relations on one hand,
and mollification of Armenian-Turkish hostile relations.
– I have already said, if murders of Armenians on national ground
continue, it is natural that anti-Russian mood will develop in
the Armenian society. And in Turkey the processes are the same as
before the assassination of Dink. The actions of a small part of
the population of Istanbul, including of thousands of Armenians
and non-Turks the day of Dink’s funeral, should not be considered
yet as the beginning of the process. Many distinguished Turks, who
took part in the procession, already state that the behest of Dink,
according to them, was not to use the word "genocide"… The process
is out of question.