ASHOT MELKONYAN: THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HAS LONG BEEN COMPLETED
Nvard Davtyan
"Radiolur"
17.04.2009 16:22
"The process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide
has long been completed," Director of the History Institute of the
Armenian National Academy of Sciences Ashot Melkonyan told a press
conference today.
According to him, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide on the
level of the US Congress means nothing, since 42 US States have
already recognized the fact, and the US has de jure recognized the
Armenian Genocide.
"It’s unserious that we cling to the word "genocide" and expect Obama
to utter it."
"Whether he says genocide or not, it’s his affair. I would say he
had better refrain from using the word, because thus we will turn our
Diaspora communities upside down. Late Mesrop Archbishop Aschyan was
saying that the Diaspora could fade after the US and Turkey recognized
the Genocide. You know, there is certain truth here. The process of
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is over. Now, as
a nation, we should say which is going to be our next step. But we do
not have the doctrine that would set the claims of reimbursement after
the recognition. I think that at the end Turkey will have to recognize
the genocide, but it had better take place under proper conditions
and at proper time, as it happened in case of the Holocaust," Ashot
Melkonyan said.