Panorama.am

19:39 23/03/2007

HISTORIAN DEMOYAN MAKES SUGGESTIONS TO TURKISH
GOVERNMENT

Haik Demoyan, director of Genocide Museum, said at
Forum Club there are several reasons not to thank the
Turkish government for the renovation of St. Cross
Church.

`Today’s Turkey is a country that has violated several
internaitonal commitments. It has not preserved and
even destroyed Varaga Temple, Msho St. Karapet and
others,’ Demoyan said.

The head of Genocide Museum addressed a question to
the Turkish government, `If a beautiful Armenian
medieval monument is renovated in Aghtamar, why is
Arakelots Church of Kars turning into a mosque?’

Demoyan said the Armenian side may have welcomed the
initiative if Turkey had a comprehensive program to
recover the Armenian monuments. The historian believes
it could even establish friendly relations between the
two countries. `The Armenian and Turkish sides could
recover the Ani Armenian Bridge renovated by Toros
Toromanyan,’ Demoyan suggests.

He also suggests that the Turkish side accepts the
Armenian citizens and tourists visiting Armenia to Ani
with a right of free entry.

Source: Panorama.am