No one accuses Turkish Premier of perpetrating Armenian GenocideDecember 14, 2009 - 19:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nobody is personally accusing the Turkish Premier for perpetrating the Armenian Genocide, according to Head of Modus Vivendi Center Ara Papyan. Although present-day Turks are not guilty of their ancestors' crimes, they are yet responsible for them just as today's Germans, he said. At that, he noted that responsibility is manifested not only by the outright condemnation of the criminal act itself, but also by the hundreds of billions in aid that have been granted and that continue to be granted to Israel. "Even if Erdoğan's forebears were, say, not directly involved in the Armenian Genocide, indubitably however, his political forebears most certainly perpetrated the first genocide of the twentieth century," Ara Papyan said, adding unless the Turkish people condemn the Armenian Genocide, they are at the very least accomplice to the first genocide of the twentieth century. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |