SERJ TANKIAN: U.S. TAKES THE WRONG WORD TO RECOGNIZE WHAT WE CALL GENOCIDE

22:55, 23.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia, Turkey
Theme: Politics

YEREVAN. – Turkish mayor saved my grandmother during the Armenian
Genocide. The Turkish government must hail such people as heroes,
instead of denying history, Serj Tankian, lead singer of the legendary
group System of a Down, said during his concert in Yerevan.

“My grandfather was 5 when he saw his father die. He himself lost
his sight of hunger.

He appeared in the orphanage in Greece. The US Middle East fund was
saving the Armenian orphans. The fact that U.S. takes the wrong word
to recognize what we call Genocide is appalling not only to us but
appalling to Americans,” Serj Tankian said.

According to him, Russia also saved many children orphans during
the WWI and was a good friend. “As survivors we need to meet all
governments eye-to-eye equally,” he said.

Tankian noted that “there is still a lot of fucking work to do in
Armenia” after 20 years of independence. The responsibility of Armenian
government is to bring in the principles of civic society, get rid of
institutional injustice about and stop depopulation that is occurring,

“We are SOAD and our responsibility is to tell you these things,”
Tankian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress