October 17 Corriere della Sera well-known Italian newspaper published Sergio Romano's article titled «Jewish Holocaust and Massacre of Armenians: Two Different Stories,» the State Commission for Organization of Events Marking the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide told PanARMENIAN.Net. The article was published in response to a query of a reader, in whose words, « the Genocide of over 1.5 million of Armenians is merely an occasion for hampering Muslim Turkey accession to Europe, as Germany is accepted in Europe in spite of the slaughter of 6 million Jews.» The article notes that the response to the issue lies in difference of approaches and positions of Germany and Turkey over past crimes committed by them. The publication also attempts to differentiate the two genocides from the point of view of their grounding. The article specifically notes, «Jews did not pose a threat to Germany. Their slaughter was an outcome of absurd decisions grounded in Hitler racist hatred and anti-Semitism of some strata of the society. The Ottoman Empire considered the Armenian national movement a sword of Damocles for the Turkish statehood.» It should be noted that S. Romano is a well-known historian and has lectured in some Italian and European university International Relations History, he was Italian Ambassador in Moscow in 1985-1989.

Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Shugaryan sent a response letter to Corriere della Sera that was published in October 22 issue of the newspaper. The letter specifically says, «I hesitated over the response to Two Different Stories article. I decided to write this letter not so much against unfair and inaccurate presentation of some facts of World War I. The uncommon comments and horrifying conclusions urged me to respond. The article and the ideology it rests upon suggest that there are two types of slaughter: «grounded» - the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in 1915, and «not grounded» - the murder of 6 million Jews that did not pose a threat to Germany. The first crime - the Genocide against Armenians, who were allied with Russia in World War I - is called a slaughter, thus justifying in some way Turkey that is going to join the EU. I do not intend to open a debate over the history of Armenians and Turks. My goal is to stress the degree, to which an attempt to qualify crimes against humanity by motivation or greater of less responsibility, is dangerous. This is important and appropriate specially today - during the fight against terror. There can be no two different stories regarding crimes against humanity. However the history is different on the one hand by acknowledgement of the horrible crime against the Jewish people and Germany's readiness to overcome the past without any preconditions, on the other - Turkey's denialist policy.»