April 29, 2005 - 10:45 AMT
RA FOREIGN MINISTRY: ARMENIAN ARCHIVES OPENED LONG AGO
The Armenian archives have already been for a long time open for all the investigators", Armenian Foreign Ministry's Press Secretary Hamlet Gasparian said when commenting on the statement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said, "We are opening our archives. If you have something to open, do it". According to H. Gasparian, any pretexts become unnecessary if there is a real desire and courage to normalize relations. As the Press Secretary noted, presently many scientists are using these archives and if the Turkish specialists want to get familiarized with the documents "they are free to come and see". "The truth is known to everyone, let us leave propaganda aside and sit at bargaining table", Hamlet Gasparian reiterated.