The Sevres bill
Yerkir/arm
19 Aug 05
The Sevres Treaty, signed August 10, 1920, has been a subject of
discussions for years. For decades, the Armenian political thought has
been disputing over this document considered as an achievement by the
First Republic of Armenia.
On the one hand, the Sevres Treaty was declared a document that
recognized the free, independent and united Armenia internationally;
on the other hand, it was seen as a document affirming the West’s
imperialistic claims, and thus having no value. Before the Soviet
totalitarian regime was brought down, Yerevan’s position over the
Treaty was negative; nowadays, the reviving of the Sevres bill has
been included in the foreign policy agenda.
The dire history of the regional and international developments is
known: Kemal’s campaigning was unfolding, the anti-Armenian pact of
Lenin and Kemal was in place, the US Senate voted against the Armenian
mandate, the great powers refused to fulfill many of their
commitments, the Republic of Armenia was forced into Soviet rule, the
Armenian territories were annexed by Kemal’s troops, the Turkish
Republic was declared. All these events led to the Lausanne Treaty of
1923.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress