Sen Arevshatian: we can improve Armenian-Turkish relations<br /> but not at expense of national interests<br />


Sen Arevshatian: we can improve Armenian-Turkish relations
but not at expense of national interests

  • 16-04-2009 16:00:00   | Armenia  |  Politics
YEREVAN, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Lie and falsehood have taken roots in the new generation in Turkey, and it does not permit the Turks to realize the terrible sin of their grandfathers. Sen Arevshatian, a philosopher-historian, academician of the RA National Academy of Sciences, said in his interview to the Ararat Strategic Center. According to center's information, since 2007 December a film is being shown at Turkey's schools on the initiative of the Turkish Ministry of Education, which is about how allegedly the Armenians slaughtered the Turkish people. 600 thousand disks of the film were distributed to schools, and already 12 million pupils have seen it, including pupils of primary classes. According to Sen Arevshatian, official Yerevan says nothing about this measure because of its inability to fight the falsehood. He considers that the Armenian authorities should introduce an official protest to Turkish government and international instances. According to the academician, we can improve the Armenian-Turkish relations in a well-considered way, not at the expense of national interests. He considers inadmissible and dangerous Turkey's participation in the construction of a new Armenian nuclear power plant. In S. Arevshatian's words, it will give nothing to Armenia except damaging its national security.
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