December 11, 2006 - 17:40 AMT
Turkey's Terms Inadmissible
Any proposals on formation of a bilateral commission of historians on investigation of events of 1915 are absolutely inadmissible, said political scientist, director of the Caucasus Media Institute Alexander Iskandaryan. The Armenian Genocide is a crime that must be recognized. Armenians do not doubt the fact of Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Telling an Armenian that there was no Genocide is the same as telling a Jew that there was no Oswiecim and Dachau," he emphasized.

The Armenian political scientist remarked that the Armenian Genocide issue cannot be a precondition for opening of the Armenian-Turkish border. "If opening of the border and normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations depend on the issue the relations will never be normalized," he said.

Turkey's proposals are inadmissible. It especially refers to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. Turkey is a third state and has no right to interfere. Armenia's interference into the Cypriot issue would look the same way," he said,