NO NEED TO DIG UP THE PAST: BEDROS SIRINOGLU

Tert.am
15:07 * 25.03.10

Bedros Sirinoglu, an outstanting representative of the Armenian
community in Istanbul and Board of Trustee President of Sourp Prkich
Hospital ("St. Saviour"), said he belived that Armenia’s President
Serzh Sargsyan and Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would
solve the disagreements between the two countries, reports Turkish
agency Ihlas.

"I am an Armenian, but at the same time a citizen of the Republic of
Turkey. Armenia is our neigbouring country, and, being an Armenian,
I have a spiritual attachment [to it]. But it’s Turkey’s interests
that are a priority for me. I belive that… Sargsyan and Erdogan
will be able to solve the problems that have come forward, and that
the brotherhood and coexistence that existed one hundred years ago
will be reinstated. There is no need to dig up the past. As the prime
minister says, history should be left to historians," said Sirinoglu,
who is expected to have a meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Referring to Erdogan’s recent notorious statement by which he
threatened to deport illegal Armenians from Turkey "if necessary,"
Sirinoglu said there was no need to worry about this issue.

"I don’t belive that those words come from the heart of our prime
minister. As a citizen of the Republic of Turkey, I don’t worry about
it, as I trust our prime minister, I trust his heart," said Sirinoglu.