HAYK DEMOYAN: ARMENIAN ‘PASS’ TO TURKEY STILL UNRECIPROCATED
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.11.2008 14:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian football diplomacy’s pass to Turkey has
remained unreciprocated, according to the director of the Armenian
Genocide Museum.
"What Ankara is doing is imitation of activity to gain time," Hayk
Demoyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
"Turkey failed to take return steps during the several months that
passed since Gul’s visit to Yerevan. On the contrary, Ankara publicly
reiterates intention to form a commission of historians and to stop
the process of the Armenian Genocide international recognition," he
said, adding that if Turkey really wants to normalize relations with
Armenia, it should put into operation the Kars-Gyumri line, establish
diplomatic relations with Armenia, stop to lay claims in the Karabakh
issue and put an end to its information war against Armenia.
"These are not preconditions for Ankara but if this country wants
reconciliation, it should fulfill them," he said.
A regular "information attack" concerns reconstruction of the ancient
Armenian capital of Ani, according to Mr. Demoyan.
"Reconstruction of Ani will promote tourism and, consequently,
income. Meanwhile, Turkish authorities are planning to circulate
information about explosions allegedly organized by Armenians, the
goal of this canard being to prove that Armenians themselves destroy
their cultural heritage," he said.