ARMENIAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA CALLS UPON ARCHBISHOP MESROP MUTAFIAN TO RESIGN
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jul 3 2006
LOS ANGELES, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On July 1, the
Armenian Writers Association of California (AWAOC) spread a report, in
which it calls upon Archbishop Mesrop Mutafian to resign. "Archbishop
Mesrop Mutafian is a denier of the Armenian Genocide," the Armenian
Writers Association of California declared quotting the Patriarch’s
statement to the Turkish media.
To recap, according to the "Hurriyet," the Archbishop of
Constantinopole, in particular, said that his opinion concerning
the Armenian Genocide differs from one of Karekin II Catholicos
of All Armenians, according to which the Armenian Genocide is an
undeniable fact for the Armenian people and cannot be subject for
discussion. According to the Turkish newspaper, when journalists asked
the Constantinople Armenian Patriarch what he thinks of the statement
of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Mesrop Patriarch answered:
"The Turk-Armenian relations did not involve only the years of
1890-1923.
The statement of His Holiness was expected for us. (…) All Diasporan
Armenians were watching that press-conference, so the Catholicos
spoke, taking into acount approaches of Diaspora. I have said earlier
as well. It will be good that the issue of 1915 is discussed by
politicians, diplomates, historians and sociologists, it will help
that the sides understand approaches of the opposite side."
From: Baghdasarian