HANS-JOCHEN SCHMIDT: TURKEY MUST FACE WITH ITS HISTORY
Panorama.am
24/04/2012
The day is indeed very important and the world must remember what
happened in Turkey in 1915, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern
said.
German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt said if Turkey is
longing to join the European Union family, the country must face with
its history.
“If they want to create future, they are urged to recognize
their past. Although new generations are born, they should feel
responsibility for their past, since “culture of commemoration”
exists in Europe,” said the Ambassador.
Panorama.am recalls that Turkey has traditionally rejected the mass
killings of 1,5 million Armenians carried out early in the 20th
century and took the criticism of the West painfully.
Note that the following states have recognized and condemned the
Armenian Genocide carried out in the Ottoman Turkey: Uruguay (1965),
Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russian Federation (1995), Canada
(1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000),
Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004),
the Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela
(2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). Armenian
Genocide is also recognized by the European Parliament and World
Council of Churches.
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