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Charles Aznavour: â€œArmenia can not move forward being focused on the â€œgenocideâ€ termâ€

07 October 2011 08:40 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Renowned chansonnier and Armenian Ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour expressed interesting ideas about the â€œArmenian genocideâ€, migration and Armenian-Turkey relations in an interview with â€œNouvelles d’ArmÃ©nieâ€. Answering the question concerning his thoughts about the genocide in TV program Vivement Dimanche, Aznavour said that this issue tired him. â€œWe can not move forward in that way. Which country will sacrifice its interests to protect Armenians? Thereâ€™s no such country. France had recognized the genocide, but thatâ€™s its only step. No country will ever support usâ€.
â€œThe dream of Arabs, whoâ€™ve started a revolution, was to have Kemalist government, which, basically, plays into Turkeyâ€™s hands. Ankara, a G20 member already, gets increasingly richer, with an EU membership only a matter of time. Whereas, Armenia is suffering; it is getting emptier day by day. Thousands of unfortunate people will scatter around the world. And what we are doing now is acting against Turks, and focusing on the term genocideâ€, Aznavour said and added that Armenia cannot move forward, being focused on the genocide term.

â€œArmenia is facing a serious threat, with everybody focused on the term genocide. I don’t understand how it is possible to move the country forward in that way. Where are my critics? What do they do to help Armenia? When do they send money to Armenia? Are they to teach me? I must teach themâ€, Aznavour said.
Touching upon the migration problem of the Armenians, Aznavour said nothing was done to help the people in Armenia. â€œI hear terrible stories about mafias. They must be executedâ€.
The singer said inflated figures have been reported about the number of Armeniaâ€™s population. â€œHow many people stay in the country? They say there are 2.3 million. Officials show 3.6 million, but it is not true. The number of population will decline to 1.8 million in a short time and then to one million. Do we ask Chinese to help us in this condition?â€
Aznavour said he wished the Turkish-Armenian borders to be opened soon. â€œI want reconciliation. Turks must recognize the events. But I donâ€™t consider the term genocide important. What will this term change for me?â€
Aznavour considers that if Turkey doesnâ€™t want use the term genocide, it must accept it as a massacre.