April 7, 2005 - 12:25 AMT
GEDIMINAS KIRKILAS: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY LITHUANIA WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT STEP
«We the politicians should work for the Genocide not to repeat,» head of the defense department of Lithuania Gedeminas Kirkilas stated. In his words, everyone should condemn the Genocide. «We want to contribute to Armenia in accession to the EU for wars and genocides not to repeat in the future,» he noted. The Lithuanian Minister informed that no document on acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide circulates in Lithuania, however he as a politician considers that the acknowledgement of the Genocide by Lithuania would have been a right step, Regnum news agency reported.