Stepan Stepanyan: Armenia Should Urge Turkey to Return TerritoriesApril 21, 2006 - 19:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia should raise the issue of returning of historical Armenian territories by Turkey, head of the department of history of the Armenian issue and Armenian Genocide of the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences Stepan Stepanyan. considers. In his words, to date 18 states have recognized the Armenian Genocide and this offers the reason to urge Turkey to return the territories. Stepanyan considers that the Armenian diplomats and Diaspora should play a significant role in the issue."We should not wait until all the states of the world recognize the Armenian Genocide. The diplomatic work should be targeted at the returning of historical Armenian territories. Turkey will never acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. Its barbarian attitude to the issue has not changed so far. On the contrary, when Armenia speaks of the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border or Karabakh conflict settlement Turkey tries to oblige Armenia to abandon the campaign on the Armenian Genocide recognition," he said, reported Novosti-Armenia. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |