GREATNESS OF NATION IS DECIDED BY STANDARDS OF PATRIOTISM

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Turkey is excited
not so much with the issue of the genocide recognition as with the
Armenians’ steps, following it," Efrik Avetisian, a lawyer, former
Deputy Chief of the Law Department of the RA Defence Ministry
finds. In his words, it is all the same how much we speak, Turks will
not condemn their ancestors without international pressure.

In the interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent E.Avetisian
particularly mentioned that Armenians every year remember April 24
with pain but Turkey persistently distorts the real story of the
genocide, understanding well that Armenians have in Tsitsernakaberd a
monument perpetuating the memory of the Genocide victims which is for
strangers the monument of the shameful history of Turkey as well.

In E. Avetisian’s words, Diaspora today promotes great activity
beneficial to the nation in the affair of international recognition of
the genocide, but it would also be right that the authorities of
Armenia unite in that direction as well and create a clear program of
activity. "We have diplomatic relations with numerous states so it
would be right if from now on our honourable ambassadors make speeches
by TV on every April 24 and inform the society of a given country
about the Genocide reality and give corresponding booklets concerning
the Genocide to all foreigners visiting Tsitsernakaberd and Sardarpat,
E. Avetisian mentioned.

In his opinion, it would be a step beneficial to the nation that a
monument to German-writing writer Franz Werfel, well-known and held in
respect on the international literary scene, is erected in Armenia as
the latter was the first to respond the Genocide by his "The Forty
Days of Musa Dagh" epic novel.

E. Avetisian considers necessary that the picture of Ararat mountain
is reconstituted on the RA emblem "for we remember the genocide not
only once a year, but day and night." In his words, "existence of the
Ararat mountain picture on the emblem was one of weighty evidences
that tormented our neighbour for its deed and spiritually tied us with
Western Armenia. It is a pity that our "new-born" statesmen, because
of their political short-sightedness, defied the nation’s dignity
during those dark and gloomy days, deprived Ararat of its worthy
place," former Deputy Chief of the Law Department of the RA Defence
Ministry Efrik Avetisian said.