Arinc Sends Letters To 16 Parliament Speakers
September 08, 2005
TurkishPress.com
ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Bulent Arinc sent letters to his counterparts in 16 countries which has adopted resolutions on the so-called Armenian genocide allegations.
In the letters he sent to the speakers of parliaments of Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Lebanon, Canada, Argentina, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Uruguay, Sweden, Russian Federation and Venezuela, Arinc said, ''we have nothing to hide or be ashamed in our history.''
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"[...] Turkey has proposed Armenia to form a group composed by Turkish and Armenian historians who can examine developments and incidents happened in 1915 within the related archives. Turkey also proposed that this group should make public the results of its researches,'' indicated Arinc.
Arinc stated that national parliaments were not the places where decisions on historical events can be taken, and added that parliaments should in fact exert efforts to create and improve atmosphere of friendship and cooperation among countries and peoples.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
TurkishPress.com
ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Bulent Arinc sent letters to his counterparts in 16 countries which has adopted resolutions on the so-called Armenian genocide allegations.
In the letters he sent to the speakers of parliaments of Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Lebanon, Canada, Argentina, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Uruguay, Sweden, Russian Federation and Venezuela, Arinc said, ''we have nothing to hide or be ashamed in our history.''
[...]
"[...] Turkey has proposed Armenia to form a group composed by Turkish and Armenian historians who can examine developments and incidents happened in 1915 within the related archives. Turkey also proposed that this group should make public the results of its researches,'' indicated Arinc.
Arinc stated that national parliaments were not the places where decisions on historical events can be taken, and added that parliaments should in fact exert efforts to create and improve atmosphere of friendship and cooperation among countries and peoples.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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