OSCE PA ADOPTS TURKISH MOTION AGAINST THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
armradio.am
03.07.2008 15:56
During its annual session in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) adopted the motion submitted by the
Turkish delegation, which underlines that that past events like
genocide should be recognized only after historians carried out a
detailed research in all kinds of archives, independent correspondent
Jean Eckian informed Radiolur.
"Adoption of the Turkish thesis by the OSCE is a significant
achievement against the Armenian allegations. Also, the Turkish
thesis regarding the events of 1915 was adopted for the first time
on an international platform.
The OSCE has 56 member states. Only Armenia voted against the
motion. A majority of the other member states voted in favor of it,"
said Alaattin Buyukkaya, head of the Turkish delegation to the OSCE PA.
"The motion says that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly encourages the
formation of joint history commissions by historians and experts from
the third countries in case of a research into political and military
archives to scientifically and unbiasedly enlighten a disputed period
in history in an effort to serve transparency and common understanding
among the member states," Buyukkaya added.