TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF HISTORY FOREVER

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.10.2009 20:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The leader of the Heritage Party " Raffi Hovannisian
disseminated an open letter in connection with the signing of the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols. That letter particularly says that
the Protocols can become the last entry in the chronicle of crimes
committed against the Armenian people.

In his letter, Raffi Hovannisian stressed that Armenia pays high
price for "open borders" with Turkey, while other civilized nations
get them for free.

He also raised the issue of recognition of the borders, emphasizing
that the protocols require from Armenia to abandon the historic rights
of the Armenian people and recognize de jure the existing de facto
borders, outlined as a result of massive annihilation of Armenians
by Turkey.

The leader of the Heritage Party stressed that the Protocols include
the issue of bilateral condemnation of terrorism, while evade the
condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

Raffi Hovannisian points that Protocols require to initiate a
dialogue in a historical perspective, that not only casts doubt on
the indisputable fact of the Armenian Genocide, but also ensures
culpability of the Armenian state and save Turkey from responsibility
for the massacres and Genocide.

The procedure of ratification of these documents by the parliaments of
two countries contradicts the usual diplomatic practice, when formal
relations between states are established through a simple transfer
of relevant documents, Raffi Hovhannissian writes.

The author believes that the current protocols will not bring Armenia
to a complete reconciliation, which is based on the courageous
recognition of all aspects of the Armenian – Turkish history,
including the Armenian Genocide and the deprivation of the Armenians
from their homeland.

In his address, Mr. Raffi Hovannisian stressed that the Protocols
are aimed to bury unanswered questions of history forever.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress