TURKEY HAS TO MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS TO CONVINCE THE DIASPORAN ORGANISATIONS TO BELIEVE ITS SINCERITY

ArmInfo
2010-04-19 16:06:00

ArmInfo. "So far, I see no signs that are needed to create an
atmosphere conducive to dialogue with Diaspora", – Chairwoman of the
European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy Hilda Tchoboian
said in her interview with ArmInfo.

"To judge, we have to look for signs of a change of attitude from the
Turkish government. So far, I see no signs that are needed to create
an atmosphere conducive to dialogue with Diaspora. They even don’t
have that favourable atmosphere to discuss with their own people,
because channels of a genuine dialogue are legally blocked in Turkey",-
said Tchoboian.

Asked whether Diaspora is ready to dialogue, she replied: "In the
genocide issue, the Diaspora is the injured party. Consequently, Turkey
has to make special efforts to convince the Diasporan organisations
to believe its sincerity mainly because until now we only experienced
attempts by Turkish leaders to mask their real intention to bury the
issue of genocide by a process of biased dialogue".

To recall, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has recently
expressed willingness to establish contacts with representatives
of Armenian Diaspora. "We want to establish relations with not only
Armenia, but also the Armenian Diaspora. Over the recent time we have
made sure that Armenia is one thing, and Diaspora is another thing.

Therefore, to improve our relations with Armenian people we should
also work with Diaspora. It is wrong to consider all Armenians
at one level",- he said. Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Justice
and Development Party Suat Kiniklioglu also expressed an idea of
establishing contacts with the leaders of American Armenians.