SEN AREVSHATIAN: WE CAN IMPROVE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS BUT NOT AT EXPENSE OF NATIONAL INTERESTS

YEREVAN
APRIL 16, 2009
NOYAN TAPAN

Lie and falsehood have taken roots in the new generation in Turkey,
and it does not permit the Turks to realize the terrible sin of their
grandfathers. Sen Arevshatian, a philosopher-historian, academician
of the RA National Academy of Sciences, said in his interview to the
Ararat Strategic Center. According to center’s information, since 2007
December a film is being shown at Turkey’s schools on the initiative
of the Turkish Ministry of Education, which is about how allegedly
the Armenians slaughtered the Turkish people. 600 thousand disks of
the film were distributed to schools, and already 12 million pupils
have seen it, including pupils of primary classes.

According to Sen Arevshatian, official Yerevan says nothing about this
measure because of its inability to fight the falsehood. He considers
that the Armenian authorities should introduce an official protest
to Turkish government and international instances.

According to the academician, we can improve the Armenian-Turkish
relations in a well-considered way, not at the expense of national
interests. He considers inadmissible and dangerous Turkey’s
participation in the construction of a new Armenian nuclear power
plant. In S. Arevshatian’s words, it will give nothing to Armenia
except damaging its national security.