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CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES CALLED TURKEY TO RESIGN TO TRUTH
22.04.2005 07:40
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Presidium of the Conference of the European
Churches(CEC) issued a statement on the occasion of the 90-th anniversary of
the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey. The document says in part, `on
April 24 the Armenian people will commemorate the 90-th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Head of the Federation of
Protestant Church of France Jean-Arnold de Clermont will represent the
Conference of the European Churches at the events.’ The statement also
records that during the meeting with Catholicos of All Armenians and
Catholicos of the Great Kilikian House Aram I in Sweden the CEC noted that
the tragedy of the Armenian people will never be forgotten. The Presidium
called upon Turkey to initiate the process of reconciliation between the
Turkish and Armenian people. In this view the CEC Presidium welcomed the
Turkish Prime Minister’s statement on opening the Turkish archives. `It is
important for Armenian and Turkish investigators to have full access to
these documents’, the CEC statement says. When touching upon Turkey’s bid
for the EU the CEC Presidium noted that the attitude of the Turkish
authorities towards the Armenian people and the Christian minority as well
as other national minorities will be of utmost importance in the negotiation
process.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress