ANKARA CALLS ON YEREVAN TO CREATE A HISTORIAN COMMISSION WITH INCLUSION OF THIRD PARTIES

PanARMENIAN
29.03.2007 16:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey calls on Armenia to create a historian
commission with the inclusion of third parties, in order to examine
events in 1915. "I hereby extend an invitation to any third country,
including the United States, to contribute to this commission by
appointing scholars who will earnestly work to shed light on this
tragedy and open ways for us to come together," said Turkish Foreign
Minister Abdullah Gul in his editorial for The Washington Times titled
"Politicizing the Armenian tragedy". Criticizing the Armenian lobby
for politicizing the past and imposing his view of history, Gul
said it is "truly regrettable that there is no mention of Turkish
or Muslim lives lost during the same period". "The only way to find
out what happened in 1915 is to ask scholars who have the ability
to evaluate the period objectively, working with the full range of
available primary sources. Turkey has no difficulties in facing its
past. We eagerly await a positive response from Armenia, agreeing
to establish this joint commission and declaring its readiness to
accept its conclusion," he said. The Turkish FM underlined that the
establishment of such a commission will also help shape an atmosphere
conducive to the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress