Sydney Armenians not going to apologize to TurkeyFebruary 2, 2009 - 14:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reports on an apology campaign allegedly to be launched by Armenian intellectuals of Sydney are untrue, head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director Kiro Manoyan told PanARMENIAN.Net "During an online discussion, Sydney University professor Armen Gakavian expressed an opinion which was later ascribed to the entire Armenian community," Mr. Manoyan said. Gavakian presumed that the campaign launched by the Turkish intellectuals should be followed by a similar move on the Armenian part. "Certainly, his offer caused indignation of the other participants of the discussion," Mr. Manoyan said. "Some of the Turkish campaign initiators hoped that Armenians will follow their example and apologize for the national liberation struggle in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It's outrageous because the Armenian Genocide can't be equaled to the resistance Armenians put up during those years." Radikal Turkish newspaper quoted Armen Gakavian as saying that "Armenia should apologize to the Turkish nation for killing several thousand of Turks in the early 20th century." U.S. scholar Denis Papazian is reported to support the initiative. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |