HAYK DEMOYAN: MORE COUNTRIES WILL RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY APRIL 24

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.03.2010 17:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a tribute
to historical memory of many states in whose archives the fact of
the Genocide was registered, according to Hayk Demoyan, Director of
Armenian Genocide Museum Institute.

As he told a news conference in Yerevan, Genocide issue must not
become a subject of political manipulations. "More countries will
recognize the Armenian Genocide by April 24," Mr. Demoyan predicted,
maintaining that recognition will be linked to Turkey’s position on
Protocols ratification.

Dwelling on historical committee formation, he said that to the
best of his knowledge, no activities to create the committee are
being undertaken.

Commenting on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s statement on possible
deportation of 100 000 Armenian migrants from Turkey, Mr. Demoyan
characterized it as a result of excessive nervousness. "Turkey seems
unworried about the fate of thousand illegal Turkish migrants in
Israel, when accusing the country of committing genocide," he said,
adding that Turkey has serious problems in working out long-term
strategies.

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress