Patricia Flor: “Turkey Should Face Its Own History”

YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS: To settle some issues Turkey must face its own history, according to Ambassador Patricia Flor, German Federal Foreign Ministry's special envoy for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.

She said facing the own history requires long and painful discussions and great courage. "Germany has passed this route in the 1960-1970s, when Chancellor Willy Brandt took the first painful step, apologizing from the Poles and Jews, however he has some critics inside Germany," Patricia Flor said.

According to the ambassador, Germany is implementing various programs in the region by uniting Armenian and Turkish young people, who discuss the events during 1915 and the World War I.

"The essential point here is that Germany has recognized its own guilt and responsibility," Patricia Flor said.