News.am, Armenia
Dec 19 2009
Turkish journalists paid tribute to Armenian Genocide victims
16:14 / 12/19/2009 A group of Turkish journalists, that arrived in
Armenia, this morning visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to pay
tribute and lay flowers to the eternal light, NEWS.am correspondent
informs.
Thereupon, they went to the Armenian Genocide Museum and familiarized
themselves with its history, objectives and programs.
The director of Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan said
that the journalists were interested in Armenian Genocide 100th
anniversary events and Armenia’s participation in Armenian-Turkish
historians’ sub-committee.
Demoyan reckons there is nothing wrong with speaking his mind freely
in any format, but his compelling stand is impossibility to discuss
Armenian Genocide. He underlined that Armenia freely voices its
stance, whereas Turkish representatives cannot do so fearing to be
condemned under 301 article.
According to him, the number of virtual and real visits to Genocide
Museum increased since September, 2008. Over two hundred people take
the Armenian Genocide Memorial and Museum virtual tour daily mostly
from the U.S. and Turkey. This year the museum hosted 3.000 Turkish
people.
G.G.