YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Armenian Genocide remains non-recognized by Turkey, Western Armenia remains seized and Diaspora's rights violated so far," Monte Melkonian Fund Director Alek Yenigomshian stated at a November 20 discussion. He said that under the Armenian-Turkish going on conflict establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries is dangerous for the Armenian people. According to A. Yenigomshian, the normalization of the relations is only beneficial for the Armenian ruling administration in the respect of expanding their own business, as well as rising in the outer world's opinion. He added that to avoid the prospect of establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations Armenia should first of all solve its domestic, social and moral-psychological problems. "Our main problem is country's domestic rehabilitation," A. Yenigomshian mentioned noting that the current opposition is not able to solve that problem, therefore progressive, patriotic forces "should become organized." Sardarapat movement steering committee member, film director Tigran Khzmalian said that in the last decade Turkey has big problems with national minorities. "What we currently name Turkey is an abstract notion as the most part of the Western Armenia is populated with Kurds," he said. According to T. Khzmalian's observation, a program should be worked out that will permit to find common interests with Turkey's national minorities, including Hamshen Armenians. According to Coordinator of the Consolidation of Armenian Volunteers initiative Zhirayr Sefilian, in the past months the authorities tried to prove that allegedly the most part of the Armenian people is for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations. "We should find a way to show the real picture, to voice people's real view and to do it so that no one will question those views any longer," Z. Sefilian said.

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