“Officially recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide and giving a tribute to the memory of 1 500000 innocent victims, Germany also rejected the Turkish denial and manifestations of political blackmail” – said Chairman of the NA Committee on Foreign Relations, Artak Zakaryan, in an interview with Aravot.am, referring to the adoption of the resolution on the Armenian Genocide by German Parliament.
To the question of why Germany did it now when there are wrinkles in the relations between Germany and Turkey, so whether the Armenian issue was used as a bludgeon, our interlocutor replied, “Turkey has no moral and political grounds to be offended of any international partner other than itself and its past. Germany and more than two dozen states showed that in addition to political interests, there are also impassable and irreversible values in the world.” “I think that the political interests or conflicts will not be changed because of it. More than two dozen state have recognized the Armenian genocide, but the cooperation and political continual interests of Turkey with these state have not been changed. Just we have to note that the Turkish blackmail is not as scary as it was presented by the Turkish politicians. With the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the world must help Turkey to get out of the swamp of denial and fallacy,” – concluded our interlocutor.
Nelly GRIGORYAN
