Signing of Armenian-Turkish protocols may affect Armenian historiographySeptember 22, 2009 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Statements that after 18 years of Armenian statehood, we have reached a maturity and cannot and do not have a right to make mistakes, do not correspond to reality, Vahan Hovhannisyan , head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction ARF told a press conference in Yerevan today. "The state thinking has not matured enough, which is obvious in the current process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations," he said. As Vahan Hovhannisyan mentioned, after ratification of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols the notion of Armenian Genocide will disappear from the history books. The politician cited the example of Greece, where history textbooks avoid mentioning the Turkish pogroms. According to Vahan Hovhannisyan, after ratification of the protocols record of or reference to the Genocide will be considered by the Turkish side and the international community as a manifestation of hostility towards Turkey. "I affirm that, since the Protocols clearly state that the parties should refrain from conducting hostile policies towards each other," Mr. Hovhannisyan emphasized. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |