ARMEN LILOYAN: POLICY CARRIED ON BY TURKEY DOES NOT FURTHER STABILITY
AND PEACE IN REGION

LOS ANGELES, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenians expect
opening of the Armenian-Turkish border without preconditions for the
people are able to discuss their past and create future
relations. Armen Liloyan, the Consul General of Armenia to Los Angeles
said about it on April 9, making a speech at the plenary sitting of
the upper chamber of the legislative body of California.

Emphasizing in his speech concerning the Armenian Genocide problem the
necessity of taking lessons from historic events and preventing crimes
against the mankind, the Consul General of Armenia touched upon denial
of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey, adding that the policy carried on
by that country does not further stability and peace in the region.

According to the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA
Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, the lower chamber
of California, Assembly, received a joint resolution with the Senate
"On Recognizing in California the 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide as
Memory Day." The resolution particularly calls on the U.S. Congress
and President to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. Turkey
was also called on to receive the fact of the Armenian Genocide.