AZERBAIJANI MP: ARMENIA SEEKS "GENOCIDE" RECOGNITION TO MAKE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO TURKEY
Z. Ahmadov
Today
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March 11 2010
Azerbaijan
"Armenia is seeking "genocide" recognition to make territorial claims
to Turkey," Member of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis (Parliament) Sabir
Rustamkhanli said.
"European countries began the process of recognizing "Armenian
genocide" in the Ottoman Empire a few decades ago. The situation
similar to the current one in the U.S. Congress has already taken place
earlier. But none of the presidents of the United States responded
to this despicable ploy of Armenians so far. I hope that the current
U.S. president will do the same," the MP said.
"Worthy of note is that majority of deputies, accusing Turkey of
genocide against Armenians, are not aware of the events that occurred
decades ago in the Ottoman Empire. Turkey should partly blame itself
for being blackmailed by adoption of "genocide." This is result of
a policy of compromise with the Western countries which put constant
pressure on it."
‘This is not the same Turkey founded by Ataturk and that forced all
the world forces to reckon with it. Today Turkey is largely dependent
on external forces. Therefore, it is very difficult to say whether
the U.S. Congress will accept or reject the "Armenian genocide"
bill. But this is not the main thing. The main thing is to prove the
whole world that no "Armenian genocide" took place in the Ottoman
Empire," the MP added.
"Armenian claims arose even earlier. For example, they claimed about
10,000 killed during a riot in Erzurum, which was not substantiated
during research of this issue by historians. This is the same with the
"Armenian genocide" in 1915, when the Armenians turned their weapons
against their own state and, in fact, betrayed it," the MP explained.
"In any case, modern Turkey is not obliged to answer for the events
that occurred in the Ottoman Empire. Armenia is seeking recognition of
the "Armenian genocide" in order to make territorial claims to Turkey
and demand financial compensation. Thus, Yerevan wants to extricate
itself from the Khojaly Genocide and to remove Karabakh issue from
the agenda," Rustamkhanli noted.