ALEK YENIGOMSHIAN: ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY IS DANGEROUS FOR ARMENIAN PEOPLE

NOYAN TAPAN
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Armenian Genocide remains
non-recognized by Turkey, Western Armenia remains seized and
Diaspora’s rights violated so far," Monte Melkonian Fund Director Alek
Yenigomshian stated at a November 20 discussion. He said that under
the Armenian-Turkish going on conflict establishment of diplomatic
relations between the two countries is dangerous for the Armenian
people. According to A. Yenigomshian, the normalization of the
relations is only beneficial for the Armenian ruling administration
in the respect of expanding their own business, as well as rising in
the outer world’s opinion.

He added that to avoid the prospect of establishment of
Armenian-Turkish relations Armenia should first of all solve its
domestic, social and moral-psychological problems. "Our main problem
is country’s domestic rehabilitation," A. Yenigomshian mentioned
noting that the current opposition is not able to solve that problem,
therefore progressive, patriotic forces "should become organized."

Sardarapat movement steering committee member, film director Tigran
Khzmalian said that in the last decade Turkey has big problems with
national minorities. "What we currently name Turkey is an abstract
notion as the most part of the Western Armenia is populated with
Kurds," he said. According to T. Khzmalian’s observation, a program
should be worked out that will permit to find common interests with
Turkey’s national minorities, including Hamshen Armenians.

According to Coordinator of the Consolidation of Armenian Volunteers
initiative Zhirayr Sefilian, in the past months the authorities tried
to prove that allegedly the most part of the Armenian people is for
normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations. "We should find a
way to show the real picture, to voice people’s real view and to do it
so that no one will question those views any longer," Z. Sefilian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress