BAGRAT ESTUKYAN: TURKEY MAY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WITHIN NEXT 10 YEARS

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.12.2008 15:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey may recognize the Armenian Genocide within
next 10 years, the editor of the Armenian sector of Agos newspaper
said.

"The world is changing. Turkey is aspired to join the European
family. Besides, economic trends in both Turkey and Armenia demand
reconciliation. Turkey needs a free economic market and it will try
to come to a common ground with neighboring Armenia," Bagrat Estukyan
told a news conference in Yerevan today.

Acknowledging the Genocide, Turkey will, however, urge Armenia to
renounce any territorial claims, according to him.

"It’s not an easy task for Turkey to confess of perpetrating the
Genocide but it’s inevitable, since the Armenian Genocide is a
historical fact. All know what befell Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
but Ankara is still engaged in self-delusion," he said.