ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION TO HELP CREATION OF FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE IN THE REGION

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.03.2009 19:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The international recognition and condemnation
of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire will not only help
normalization of the relations between Armenia and Turkey but
also creation in the region an atmosphere of trust, friendship and
prevention of future genocides, Armen Rustamyan , the chairman of
RA NA permanent committee on external relations, said in a letter to
Howard Berman, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign
Affairs Committee .

In his letter, Mr. Rustamyan said that Armenia is thankful to him
and Congressmen Adam Smith, George Radanovich and Frank Pallone for
their efforts for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the
U.S. "Washington’s position on the problem of the Armenian Genocide may
contribute to the acknowledgement of the fact that the international
recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire is not an
anti-Turkish policy but it is a necessity to condemn the genocide as
a crime against humanity ," he said.

As the Armenian parliamentarian mentioned the normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations must be based on justice and truth.