Dink's assassination confirmed Genocide issue is not excluded from agenda

PanARMENIAN.Net - Hrant Dink's assassination once more confirmed Armenian Genocide issue is not excluded from agenda, stated Armenian Ambassador to Great Britain Vahe Gabrielyan during an interview to English edition of "Al Jazeera" TV company. In his words, the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire is not subject to discussions and doubts and was proved by many documentary materials, including by evidences of Turkish historians.



"Instead of discussing if it happened or not, it is necessary to discuss the problem of recognizing the Armenian Genocide and improving the Armenian-Turkish relations. After all, the Turkish special tribunal in 1919-1920ies sentenced some of the organizers of the Genocide to death penalty or other punishments, but today this fact is being forgotten," Gabrielyan said.



Alongside he underlined Armenia is not EU member and cannot put forward preconditions for recognizing the Armenian Genocide in front of Turkey to enter the European Union. "But the Copenhagen standards demand from the EU member states to establish good neighboring relations with all neighbors, solution of existing problems, improvement of the situation with national minorities. All this supposes recognition of the Armenian Genocide. A number of EU states have already raised this question and Armenia hopes on EU's principled stance over this issue," underscored the Armenian diplomat, the RA MFA Press Office reports.