EXPERT: THE TREATY OF SEVRES IS TURKEY’S HEEL OF ACHILLES
by Nana Martirosyan

Tuesday, July 16, 17:46

The Turkish authorities’ nervous response to Armenian Prosecutor
General Aghvan Hovsepyan’s statement about the need to retrieve the
Armenian lands is explained by the fact that Turkey realizes the
threat to lose what it had acquired illegally, Ara Papyan, Head of
the Modus Vivendi Center, ex-Ambassador of Armenia to Canada, said
at a press conference on Tuesday.

The expert thinks that Turkey is irritated with the fact that an
Armenian official is for the first time speaking not only about the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, but also about the need to
compensate for the damage and to retrieve the lands. Papyan believes
that Turkey has many weak spots and the Treaty of Sevres is one of
them. “In case of serious changes in the world, the Treaty of Sevres
will become one of the tools to exert pressure on Turkey.

Subsequently, we should get ready and take advantage of the situation”,
he said.

To recall, during the July 5 Pan-Armenian Forum of Lawyers dedicated
to the forthcoming centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan said that the assignees of the
Armenian Genocide victims should receive material compensation, the
Armenian Apostolic Church should be given back the churches and lands
belonging to the Church, and Armenia should retrieve its territories.

He stressed that one of the Armenian lawyers’ goals is to detect the
organizers and instigators of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Empire.

In response, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the statements of
the person holding such a high post allegedly run counter to Armenia’s
UN and OSCE accession commitments.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress