MAYOR OF DIYARBAKIR POSTS VIDEO ON MEETING WITH ARMENIAN REPORTERS ON FACEBOOK (VIDEO)
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May 12 2011
Armenia
Mayor of Diyarbakir Osman Baydemir posted the video of the meeting
with Armenian journalists on Facebook.
The video recorded 800 likes, more than 100 comments were posted and
many expressed content with the Mayor’s statement.
It is noteworthy, the meeting between Diyarbakir Mayor and Armenian
journalists received a wide response in Turkey.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Mayor of the Turkish
city of Diyarbakir Osman Baydemir met with Armenian and Turkish
journalists in his office. Member of Kurdish Peace and Democracy
party, Baydemir noted that meeting with the Armenian journalists is
one of the happiest days during his 7 years’ tenure.Mayor recalled
that about 100 years ago the city was deprived of its wealth after
Armenians and Assyrians were displaced forcedly.
“As mayor of Diyarbakir, I would like to show maximum activity and
initiative. We should not forget that Armenians lived in this region,
both in Mesopotamia and in Anatolia, for long time. It is unacceptable
that the relationships have not been normalized yet,” he said.
“Present generation is not to blame for what happened, but is obliged
to say: yes, there was a massacre, and we are sorry about this.
However, my words are not enough. It should be stated by prime
minister, president and parliament. Then we will go to Yerevan to lay
flowers at the Monument to Armenian Genocide victims and normalization
will start.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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