ARFD: Turkey gained advantages in Genocide issue
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statement on formation of Armenian-Turkish commission of historians proved that Turkey gained advantages in the Armenian Genocide issue, according to Armen Rustamyan, member of ARF Dashnaktsutyun.
"With the exception of Armenian ruling coalition, all sides engaged in the RA-Turkey normalization process are speaking about formation of a commission of historians to study the 1915 tragic events. It means that the issue of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide was placed in the framework of Armenian-Turkish bilateral relations," he said.
"I was in Zurich last fall with the foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia, Russia, France, other countries to witness the signing of a set of protocols to normalize relationships between Armenia and Turkey. And in those protocols, there was an agreement between the two countries to establish a historical commission that would look at all of the issues that are part of the past," Secretary Clinton said in an interview with Vladimir Pozner of Russian First Channel Television. "And I think that's the right way to go, I think, to have the two countries and the two peoples focusing on this themselves. I have said many times we cannot change the past we inherit. All we can do is try to have a better future."
"With the exception of Armenian ruling coalition, all sides engaged in the RA-Turkey normalization process are speaking about formation of a commission of historians to study the 1915 tragic events. It means that the issue of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide was placed in the framework of Armenian-Turkish bilateral relations," he said.
"I was in Zurich last fall with the foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia, Russia, France, other countries to witness the signing of a set of protocols to normalize relationships between Armenia and Turkey. And in those protocols, there was an agreement between the two countries to establish a historical commission that would look at all of the issues that are part of the past," Secretary Clinton said in an interview with Vladimir Pozner of Russian First Channel Television. "And I think that's the right way to go, I think, to have the two countries and the two peoples focusing on this themselves. I have said many times we cannot change the past we inherit. All we can do is try to have a better future."
