April 30, 2010 - 14:54 AMT
Arthur Ghazaryan: Turkish flag will be burnt unless Turkey acknowledges Genocide

Turkish flag will be burnt on the night of every April 24 unless Turkey acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, a representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun youth wing said.

“Claims are not reduced to opening of the Armenian-Turkish border or recognition of the Armenian Genocide. If Turkey respects its state symbols and doesn’t want to witness this tradition, it should recognize the Genocide and recoup the consequences,” Arthur Ghazaryan said.

For his part, secretary of Prosperous Armenia party’s committee on youth issues Gevorg Manukyan said that his party “adheres to civilized methods of problem settlement.”

Representative of Social Democratic Hunchakian party Gagik Melikyan remarked that the Armenian-Turkish dialogue has hit a deadlock. “I think neither Armenia nor Turkey is willing to continue the process of ratification of Protocols on normalization of relations,” he said.