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Serzh Sargsyan: The process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide cannot be removed from our agenda

02 October 2009 15:42 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. â€œThe process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide cannot be removed from our agenda,â€ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in his interview to The Armenian Reporter, APA reports.
â€œSupporting the international recognition of the Genocide is part of our National Security Strategy. How can any Armenian renounce his or her past, or the desire to see the victory of justice? The recognition of the Genocide is not exclusively our issue, as Armenians. It is an issue for all humanity. But I would like to point to one issue in this context: the overarching purpose of the process for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is to see the Turkish people and Turkey follow the lead of numerous civilized countries and recognize the fact of the Genocide. Never before has the issue of the Armenian Genocide been discussed as broadly in Turkey as it is discussed today. In the last decade, a segment of the people have begun to raise their voice, and their representatives are prepared to look at the dark pages of history with an alert and responsible gaze - notwithstanding decades of state propaganda. We must help that process along. The issue is not limited to Armenian-Turkish reconciliation; I repeat, there is the current generation of Turks, who must come to terms with their own history,â€ Sargsyan said.