EU LEADER: SOLUTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE SHOULD BE LEFT TO TURKS AND ARMENIANS

PanARMENIAN.Net - "The European Union Turkey aspires to join should not participate in the debate called to qualify the mass slaughter of Armenians a Genocide; the solution of the problem should be left to Turks and Armenians," stated EU President, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. In an interview with Le Soir Belgian newspaper Juncker noted that "the issue in question incites Armenians and Turks against each other." "Turkish PM Erdogan has proposed to form a multinational commission. Let us leave this issue to Turks and Armenians, who carry this heavy burden of the history. I do not think we are able to do anything in this process, when the Turkish Government stated for the first time the problem should be studied," he stated. As reported by the source, Jean-Claude Juncker condemned the law submitted for ratification of the Belgian Senate and providing for criminal responsibility for denial of the Armenian Genocide. "Belgium sets a bad example," the EU President stated, reported Regnum news agency.