Denial of Armenian Genocide to mark final stage of heinous crime

PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 9, Armenian Scientific Union of Moscow adopted a statement concerning RA-Turkish Protocols. Document particularly says that issues on raising Turkish blockade and establishing diplomatic relations matured long ago. «Under international law, diplomatic ties are established through exchange of notes not requiring preconditions. Turkish-Armenian Protocols are already a precondition reflecting Armenia's compromise and good will.»



Authors of document believe that Armenia's consent to establish diplomatic ties without condemnation of Armenian Genocide in Turkey and Western Armenia is the greatest compromise ever seen in history. It should be born in mind that Genocide denial is the final stage of the heinous crime.



"Although establishment of diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey is not in any way linked to Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement, Turkey might have recognized NKR's independence and established with it diplomatic ties as sign of trust and good will. That might lead to progress in conflict settlement. Protocol clauses obliging parties to respect principles of equality, sovereignty, territorial integrity and border immunity demand adherence to the principle of peoples' right to self-determination. Absence of such principle in Protocol texts seriously contradicts international law.



Regardless the fact that Armenia's dismemberment in 1921 was the biggest geo-political catastrophe in world's civilization, Armenian authorities demonstrated an act of good will to entire world, particularly Turkey and its people. Protocol signing does not negate the international-legal claims of Armenian Republic, Western Armenians and civilized mankind for achieving condemnation of Armenian Genocide by Turkey and international community. The fact of Armenian Genocide in Turkey is not subject to discussion or acknowledgement. It is necessary to initiate a separate negotiation process between authorized representatives from occupied and annexed Western Armenia. The only acting agreement determining the borders of Western Armenia and several other independent states in region is the 1920 Treaty of Sevres elaborated by Wilson's arbitration. Of high importance is the clause condemning any form of terrorism, violence and radicalism aiming to intensify fight with Turkish terrorist organizations and posing threat to Armenia, Turkey and international community. Protocol signing will be positively assessed in future in case Armenia's national-state interests are protected and clearly articulated, ensuring the interests of western Armenians and western Armenian representative bodies in exile,» says the statement addressed to PanARMENIAN.Net