SPEAKER OF TURKISH SENDS LETTER TO HIS COUNTERPARTS FROM 16 COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8. ARMINFO. Speaker of the Turkish parliament
Bulent Arinch sent a letter to his counterparts from 16 countries,
which have recognized Armenian Genocide.
As the Turkish daily Milliyet reports, in his letter sent to the
speakers of the parliaments of Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Lebanon,
Canada, Argentina, Germany, Belgium, France, Holland, Italy, Greece,
Uruguay, Swede, Russia and Venezuela, Bulent Arinch mentioned that
“there is nothing to hide in the history of his country and there
is nothing shameful”. “The adoption of the accusations against
Turkey on perpetration of the Armenian genocide, cause deep concern
and disappointment among the MPs of Turkey”, said in the letter.
Bulent Arinch once more supports the position of Turkey saying that
“the historians must estimate the history” and presents as “tragic
events between Turks and Armenians, which took place the years of the
World War I”. According to him, official Ankara has proposed Armenia
to establish a joint group of historians for examination of all the
archive documents of these events and submission of the results to
the international community.
From: Baghdasarian