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YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS: The speech of Turkish President Abdullah Gul at PACE was not something new, they have been repeating that “song” from 1918, political specialist Sergey Shakaryants said today at a meeting with journalists, adding that Turkey has always moved forward with such a policy denying the fact of annihilation of Armenians by them. “They have not changed from 1918-1919, no other interpretation can be here,” the political specialist said.
During the PACE first plenary session 2011 kicked off in Strasbourg, the President and Foreign Affairs Minister of Turkey, which has assumed the presidency of the Assembly from November 2010 by 6-month rotation system, have already delivered speeches referring to the issue of relations with Armenia. Sergey Shakaryants noted that the Turkish state has committed the Armenian Genocide and must answer for it.
“Turkey has planned and committed genocide toward Armenians, while it continues to deny that fact in front of the international community,” Mr. Shakaryants said, citing the words of Greek President Karolos Papoulias, according to which Turkey has always been a barbarian. According to the political specialist, Gul’s speech at the PACE cannot bring to anything serious.