DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO MARK FINAL STAGE OF HEINOUS CRIME
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.10.2009 19:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On October 9, Armenian Scientific Union of Moscow
adopted a statement concerning RA-Turkish Protocols. Document
particularly says that issues on raising Turkish blockade and
establishing diplomatic relations matured long ago. Â"Under
international law, diplomatic ties are established through exchange
of notes not requiring preconditions. Turkish-Armenian Protocols are
already a precondition reflecting Armenia’s compromise and good will.Â"
Authors of document believe that Armenia’s consent to establish
diplomatic ties without condemnation of Armenian Genocide in Turkey and
Western Armenia is the greatest compromise ever seen in history. It
should be born in mind that Genocide denial is the final stage of
the heinous crime.
"Although establishment of diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey
is not in any way linked to Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement,
Turkey might have recognized NKR’s independence and established with
it diplomatic ties as sign of trust and good will. That might lead to
progress in conflict settlement. Protocol clauses obliging parties to
respect principles of equality, sovereignty, territorial integrity
and border immunity demand adherence to the principle of peoples’
right to self-determination. Absence of such principle in Protocol
texts seriously contradicts international law.
Regardless the fact that Armenia’s dismemberment in 1921 was the
biggest geo-political catastrophe in world’s civilization, Armenian
authorities demonstrated an act of good will to entire world,
particularly Turkey and its people. Protocol signing does not negate
the international-legal claims of Armenian Republic, Western Armenians
and civilized mankind for achieving condemnation of Armenian Genocide
by Turkey and international community. The fact of Armenian Genocide
in Turkey is not subject to discussion or acknowledgement. It is
necessary to initiate a separate negotiation process b rn Armenia. The
only acting agreement determining the borders of Western Armenia and
several other independent states in region is the 1920 Treaty of Sevres
elaborated by Wilson’s arbitration. Of high importance is the clause
condemning any form of terrorism, violence and radicalism aiming to
intensify fight with Turkish terrorist organizations and posing threat
to Armenia, Turkey and international community. Protocol signing will
be positively assessed in future in case Armenia’s national-state
interests are protected and clearly articulated, ensuring the interests
of western Armenians and western Armenian representative bodies in
exile,Â" says the statement addressed to PanARMENIAN.Net.