National tragedy should not become article of commerce
U.S. President Barack Obama's forthcoming visit to Turkey and discussion of the Armenian Genocide in Congress are certainly important events in Turkey's political life, an Armenian expert said.
"Of course, it would be commendable if Obama recognized the Genocide. It's an issue of morality. However, it's inadmissible when the tragedy of a whole nation is transformed into an article of commerce," Ruben Mehrabyan, expert at Armenian Center of Political and International Studies.
He also said that it's hard to demand justice for a country whose index of civil rights freedom is extremely low and where elections are always labeled as marred.
"We can't speak of inadmissibility of double standards, at the same time doing nothing to prevent them in our own country," Mehrabyan said.
"Of course, it would be commendable if Obama recognized the Genocide. It's an issue of morality. However, it's inadmissible when the tragedy of a whole nation is transformed into an article of commerce," Ruben Mehrabyan, expert at Armenian Center of Political and International Studies.
He also said that it's hard to demand justice for a country whose index of civil rights freedom is extremely low and where elections are always labeled as marred.
"We can't speak of inadmissibility of double standards, at the same time doing nothing to prevent them in our own country," Mehrabyan said.
