Arman Kirakosyan: Armenia will never question the fact of genocide

armradio.am
26.03.2010 12:15

Turkish media quote ex-Foreign Minister Ali Babacan as saying that
during the Armenian-Turkish talks an agreement was reached on holding
discussions on the Armenian Genocide. Asked to comment on the report,
Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman kirakosyan said:

`I’d not like to believe that the ex-Foreign Minister could have said
that. However, if it’s true, it’s at least surprising because I have
been present at the meetings, which marked the start of the
Armenian-Turkish normalization and there has been no agreement to
discuss the fact of the Armenian Genocide.

The President and the Foreign Minister of Armenia have been repeatedly
declaring that Armenia has never questioned and will never question
the fact of the Armenian Genocide and the importance of its
international recognition. The Armenian Foreign Minister declared
about it in Istanbul in 2008 minutes before with the then Foreign
Minister of Turkey, Ali Babacan. Any manipulation of the issue is
impossible and improper today.’