05/03/2010 » Politics
The resolution a verdict against a whole nation, Turkey’s FM says

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday commented on the
approval of the Armenian Genocide Resolution by the Foreign Relations
Committee of the US House of Representatives.

Turkey would not take a decision under pressure under any
circumstance, Davutoglu was quoted as saying by Haber 7. Turkey’s FM’s
other remarks are presented herewith:

– Both our government and president spread messages on this: our
disposition is clear.

– It is not for other parliaments to judge our history. The resolution
was a verdict against a whole nation.

– Turks and Armenians have lived together for 10 centuries and we
regard Armenians as friends and neighbors. If we leave aside the last
quarter century, we can strongly say that the 10 centuries passed in
great tolerance and respect.

– Yesterday’s flippant and funny voting demonstrated that it was a
wrong method and road to resolve the issue. The picture we have seen
showed to the whole globe how wrong it is to judge historical
incidents in parliaments.

– Had one vote been on the other side, history would have been shaped
otherwise. How could history be made so simple?

– The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia can be
realized when the two nations sit down together and talk with each
other. Interruptions by third sides make the normalization process
impossible to achieve.

– We are committed to create a stable Caucasus region.

Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully. The Armenian
Genocide has been recognized by lots of states. It was first
recognized by Uruguay in 1965. Later Russia, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and
the US 42 states did the same. The Armenian Genocide has been
recognized also by Vatican, the Council of Europe, the World Council
of Churches.

Source: Panorama.am