RA MFA: CYNICAL NEGLECT OF WORLD HISTORY INADMISSIBLE FOR ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.04.2007 12:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "It’s not enough for the Turkish government to
conceal the truth from its own people.
The denial campaign has run up to blocking an exhibition on the Rwanda
Genocide," Armenian Acting Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said when
commenting on postponement of UN exhibit on the Rwanda Genocide by
Turkey’s demand.
The exhibit on the 13th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide has been
delayed after Turkish objections to a mention of the killing of
Armenians in Turkey during World War I. Turkey objected to a sentence
in which lawyer Rafael Lemkin states that such mass killings are
described as genocide.
Vartan Oskanian said Rafael Lemkin’s work is a part of international
protocols and world history. "It’s inadmissible for a UN member state,
which undertook to maintain world peace, to demonstrate intolerance
in the United Nations Organizations. Armenia cannot resign to the fact
that the world history, sufferings of the people of Rwanda and Darfur,
the memory of the Armenian people are subjected to cold-blooded and
cynical neglect. It’s shameful that the postponement refers to an event
aiming at protection of human rights and genocide prevention. We can
witness complete absence of respect for history and historical memory
instead," Oskanian said, the RA MFA press office reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
