GUL INVITES HISTORIANS TO ‘STUDY’ GENOCIDE
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Oct 6, 2009
ISTANBUL (Combined Sources)-Turkish President Abdullah Gul Tuesday
urged foreign historians to join a commission to study the Armenian
Genocide, reported Agence France Presse.
"There are all sorts of allegations about what happened a century
ago. It is clear that people who do not know what happened where
or how are not able to take decisions on this matter," Gul said in
an interview.
"What we hope is that historians, archive specialists study this matter
and we are ready to accept the conclusions of this commission. To
show that we are sincere, we even said that if a third country is
interested in this matter, if French historians, for example, want
to take part in this commission, they are welcome," he added on the
eve of a visit to France.
The establishment of a commission to study the Genocide is part of
two protocols that Turkey and Armenia said they would sign in a bid
to establish diplomatic ties for the first time and open their border,
sealed since 1993.
President Sarkisian, during his Diaspora tour, has been assuring
community leaders that the protocols do not contain provision for
the establishment of such a commission, but rather a grouping that
would help Turkey deal with its past.
In a separate interview with the Wall Street Journal, Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the protocols would
be signed on Saturday. Armenia’s presidential spokesperson did not
confirm or deny that report.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
