RA FM CALLED ON EP TO THINK ABOUT ARTICLE 301 OF TURKISH PENAL CODE
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.10.2007 17:38 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Turkey’s proposal for setting up a commission
of historians to discuss the Armenian Genocide has been used by
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to put Armenia in a
difficult position," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said
in his address to European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
in Brussels.
He said there is no rejection of the offer but current conditions
are not suitable for such a discussion.
"Think about Article 301 which penalizes referring to the Armenian
genocide and insulting Turkishness. How would any historian
discuss this matter knowing that the sword of 301 is hanging over
them?" Oskanian said.
He described the border closure as another reason for not taking
Turkey’s offer seriously.