GERMANY SHOULD CONDEMN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, NOT RECOGNIZE: GENOCIDE RECOGNITION COMMISSION

12:45, 11 October, 2013

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS: Ahead of the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide, the German Commission on Genocide Recognition
will hold several events. Zhirayr Kocharyan, the member of the German
Commission on Genocide Recognition, stated at the press conference
held on October 11: “We are cooperating with the German political
figures and intelligentsia, as other Christians as well were massacred
by the Turkish perpetrator government”. Armenpress reports that the
lecturer of Free University of Berlin Zhirayr Kocharyan stated that
ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide the Commission
applied to the German Bundestag to review the decision on the Armenian
Genocide adopted in 2005.

“In the corresponding document the German government puts the stress on
the reconciliation of the Armenians and Turkish, as if they have been
hurt by each other. We want that the Genocide is put to be condemned
and not recognized”, – said the lecturer of Free University of Berlin
Zhirayr Kocharyan. Kocharyan noted that Turkey is a “double-criminal”,
as it committed genocide not only towards Armenians but also towards
the Greeks and Assyrians.

The German Commission on Armenian Genocide Recognition has been
functioning for already 15 years. It has Christian members of different
nations. Every year the Commission organizes events to commemorate
the Armenian Genocide.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress