April 22, 2009 - 20:48 AMT
Semen Bagdasarov: Turkey to repent for the Armenian Genocide
During the Yerevan-Moscow TV space bridge entitled "Armenia-Turkey: Progress in bilateral relations or geopolitical games of world powers?", RF MP Semen Bagdasarov said that Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora should persist in their efforts towards achieving international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey has to acknowledge fact of the Armenian Genocide committed in the Ottoman Empire," the Russian MP said. Semen Bagdasarov ruled out the possibility of establishing a Genocide study commission. "Turkey must repent for the Armenian Genocide, as Germany did in case of Holocaust," Semen Bagdasarov stressed.