Turkey which committed Genocide and present-day Turkey which denies it - one and the same state
"The Armenian Genocide recognition is a tool for keeping Hay Dat issues on the agenda. Our demands have nothing to do with adoption or rejection of H.Res.106 in the U.S. House of Representatives," ARF Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director, Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
The main document for Armenia's territorial claims to Turkey is the Sevr Treaty, according to him.
Mr Manoyan reminded that the document was signed by representatives of the First Republic of Armenia and no one cancelled it. "Modern Armenia is the assignee of the First Republic and it rates the document as fundamental. Turkey, which committed the Genocide and Turkey, which denies it today is one and the same state," he underlined.
The Sevr Treaty was signed on 10 August 1920 by winners of the World War I - UK, France, U.S. and defeated Germany and the Ottoman Empire. Armenia was supposed to receive 4 vilayets - Van, Bitlis, Erzrum and Trabzon - mostly inhabited by Armenians.
The main document for Armenia's territorial claims to Turkey is the Sevr Treaty, according to him.
Mr Manoyan reminded that the document was signed by representatives of the First Republic of Armenia and no one cancelled it. "Modern Armenia is the assignee of the First Republic and it rates the document as fundamental. Turkey, which committed the Genocide and Turkey, which denies it today is one and the same state," he underlined.
The Sevr Treaty was signed on 10 August 1920 by winners of the World War I - UK, France, U.S. and defeated Germany and the Ottoman Empire. Armenia was supposed to receive 4 vilayets - Van, Bitlis, Erzrum and Trabzon - mostly inhabited by Armenians.
