ARMENIAN ISSUE STOPS BEING HOSTAGE TO GEOPOLITICAL INTERESTS

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian issue step by step stops being hostage to geopolitical interests while the existence of the Republic of Armenia is the best guarantee that we are achieving progress in protection of our fair goals, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated at the opening ceremony of "Ultimate Crime, Ultimate Challenge. Human Rights and Genocide" International Conference today. "Modern technologies allow watching live the military operations unfolding in different parts of the world, the term "genocide" is as well defined, and numerous regional and universal international organizations are put in place. Countries are more determined in responding to a threat or attempt to commit genocide in any part of the world. However, all this did not protect the humanity from new genocides. Yugoslavia, Rwanda, East Timor, Sumgait - in all these places once again innocent people were slaughtered. This comes to prove that there is a need to amplify the efforts aimed at effective suppression of the genocidal attempts. That is exactly why the recognition and condemnation of genocides is so crucial. Recognition bears in it a huge potential for adequate response. Prevention of that crime is particularly important. Condemnation of genocides committed in the past is also very important. It first of all comes to prove that the crime has no expiration clause, and those guilty will be brought to justice in any case. It is important in terms of containment of future genocidal intentions. It is through recognition and condemnation that states educate their citizens. The lesson is: the state machinery shall not become a tool in implementation of that terrible crime. We have the duty of establishing atmosphere that would exclude any extremist division based on the nationality, ethnos and religion or along any other dividing lines, any propaganda or hatred by one group against another. Another important component is the future fate of a people that has survived genocide. The Armenian people, due to genocide, were displaced, became a refugee people and were scattered across the globe. International recognition of the Armenian Genocide and necessity of restoration of historic injustice were sacrificed to the grand politics. Most of the criminals who planned and implemented the genocide escaped the punishment. Moreover, the remains of Taleat pasha, who was assassinated in Berlin, were returned to Turkey and buries with honor in Istanbul. It was a sad evidence of carrying on the baton in relay race of impunity. The humanity pay a tremendously high price for forgetting such crimes", The Armenian President said.