ARMEN KIRAKOSYAN "I REGRET THAT THE CONTEMPORARY TURKISH AUTHORITIES CONTINUE BEING GUIDED NOT BY EUROPEAN BUT BY THE SYSTEM OF VALUES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE"

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2010-03-22

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS: Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan
with request of "Armenpress" to comment on the statement of the Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which he threatened to drive out
Armenians from Turkey as if to draw the attention of the international
community on the Armenian migrants living illegally in Turkey, said:
"Speaking about the Armenians who appear in difficult condition and
came to Turkey, Mr. Erdogan forgets about the existence of millions of
Turkish migrants in different countries of the world who are earning
for their daily bread.

I regret that on the eve of the 95th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide the contemporary Turkish authorities speaking of forcibly
displacing Armenians continue being guided not by European but by
the system of values of the Ottoman Empire," Kirakosyan said.