Turkey will never recognize Armenian Genocide to improve relations with Yerevan, AKP member says

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will never recognize the Armenian Genocide to improve its relations with Yerevan, said an executive of the ruling Justice & Development (AK) Party.



Speaking at the panel discussion "Whither Turkey" hosted by the Eastern Institute during the Krynica Economic Forum, one of the most prestigious forums in Eastern Europe, in Polish capital city of Warsaw, Egemen Bagis, deputy chairman of the AK Party, said, "Turkish

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed Armenia to establish a joint commission with the participation of the third countries and to open archives. Armenia has not yet given a response to Turkey's proposal."



"Turkish President Abdullah Gul's paying a visit to Armenia upon invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is the most concrete sign of Turkey's good-will. On the other hand, more than one million documents examined upon directives of Turkey proved that those bitter events were not genocide, but a civil war during a world war," he said, the Anatoly news agency reports.