PanARMENIAN.Net
Europe attaches importance to Northern Cyprus, meanwhile there is no
difference between it and Western Armenia
20.10.2007 14:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `The first Convention of European Armenians took
place in New York in 1946. The second Convention was held in Brussels
this year. Participants of both events referred U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson’s arbitration award on demarcation of the
Armenian-Turkish border. Why is the issue important for Armenia? The
point is that we should decide what we want and this decision will
help us to achieve our goals,’ historian and diplomat Ara Papian told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
`Belgium, along with the other WWI winners, signed the Sevr Treaty and
it has legal commitments to Armenia,’ he said.
`According to the Belgian Constitution, you can bring an action
against a crime against humanity to a Belgian court. Actually, like
the U.S. Congress, a court in Belgium can consider the Armenian
Genocide from juridical viewpoint, omitting political motives,’ Mr
Papian said.
`The most important task for Armenians is to awake the interest of
people, who have political weight in their countries. We should always
advance our issues. I would like to remind that Europe attaches
importance to the issue of Northern Cyprus, meanwhile there is no
difference between it and Western Armenia,’ the historian said.