Saturday, June 11, 2005

Deputy of the General National Assembly of the Turkey's Visit to Armenia

11.06.2005 04:17
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ «The visit to the National Assembly of Armenia is one of the steps on the way of further actions,» Deputy of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Turhan Comez stated at a meeting with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan, reported the Press Service of the National Assembly of Armenia.[...]. In Comez' words, Turkey cannot deny what has already happened and one has to go forward and to view the reality openly. Nevertheless, he called the problem of recognition of the Genocide a task for historians. «We are countries that are situated in the same geographic territory and have to come to an agreement,» Comez remarked. In the course of the meeting he welcomed the Armenian Speaker on behalf of his Turkish counterpart Bulent Arinc. He also said he was ready to disseminate ideas discussed in the course of the meeting among the Turkish society and Government.[...].

11.06.2005 03:56
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ [...] The Chairman of the Armenian Parliament {A. Baghdassaryan} called to build relations facing the future and having at that the courage to recognize the Armenian Genocide [...] “There is no question for us whether there was a Genocide or not and we consider one has to move forward and think of the future without forgetting the past,” Baghdassaryan said. He also noted that the Armenian Constitution includes no slightest mentioning of land claims to Turkey.

Note: Above are excerpts from two articles. The full articles appears Here and Here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.

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