Armenian President: we don't see Turkish society as enemies
ANF - Yerevan 24.04.2014, The speech President of Armenia Serj Sarkisian will hold to mark the 99th anniversary of the Armenian genocide today has been published on the official website of the Armenian presidency.
President Serj Sarkisian pointed out that the Turkish State still continued to deny the Armenian genocide altogether today, adding that; “We are confident that this denial means a direct follow-up of this crime. Further similar crimes can be prevented from taking place in the future only by admitting and condemning this crime.”
The Armenian president said they wanted to confirm before everyone once again that Armenians didn't see the Turkish society as an enemy. “May God bless those who endangered their life and that of their families by extending hands to our citizens and helping them”, Sarkisian said and stressed that it depended on the Turkish state's approach to leave this historical shame behind and to have the Turkish state be relieved of this heavy burden".
The president also said: "Today, nearly a hundred years after the Genocide, it is obvious the trauma inflicted upon our people by an unthinkable atrocity we were never prepared for. Until now, all Armenians dispersed throughout the world and all their generations are closely familiar with outcome of the Genocide. Despite this truth, however, the reality is that we have rebuilt a state from the remains of the Armenian homeland and today, in contrast to the past, we are more aware of and more prepared for the dangers we may face. Nowhere in the world is as safe for an Armenian as in her homeland, under the auspices of her own people’s state."
The president ended by saying: "We are approaching the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with our heads held high and hopes for the future, with a state, whose name is the Republic of Armenia. It is the homeland of the entire Armenian people, who, despite decades-old illegal blockades and a “neither war nor peace” reality, continue to make progress.
The year 2015 should convey a strong message to Turkey. Its attitude toward Armenia can no longer be measured by words because the time is here for clear steps: the opening of the closed borders and the establishment of normal relations. Our position on the Armenian-Turkish protocols has not changed and the idea of “reasonable terms” is becoming more urgent than ever."
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