Elimination of consequences of Armenian genocide is connected with compensation: Aghvan Hovsepyan

YEREVAN, JULY 5, ARMENPRESS: Geopolitical and economic interests of powerful countries and sometimes conflict of those interests lay obstacles for recognition of Armenian genocide. About this mentioned Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan during the second session of pan-Armenian conference of lawyers organized by the ministry of Diaspora. “Armenpress” reports that Aghvan Hovsepyan expressed satisfaction that suh conference has been organized by the ministry of Diaspora which can lay light on many legal issues of Armenian genocide and become serious stimulation for studying of Armenian genocide from legal point of view. “The discussed topics are very interesting and up-to-date. Many countries have already recognized and condemned Armenian genocide but unfortunately this issue has not been solved totally. For that reason the recognition of the genocide by this or that country give us only feeling emotional satisfaction,” said Hovsepyan.

He mentioned that often the issue of recognition or non-recognition of Armenian genocide became a tool for stressing Turkey. “We must make conclusions from it. Both recognition of Armenian genocide and regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations should have international-legal guarantees. And we –Armenian lawyers, have to implement that difficult task”, he stressed adding that we cannot say that Armenian lawyers have not done anything for legal guarantees of recognition of Armenian genocide but they especially young ones must continue the necessary researches and analyzes in this sphere.

Aghvan Hovsepyan considers the fact that Armenian genocide has been fundamentally proved undisputable. He stressed that there are many evidences of it – testimonies of eyewitnesses, letters, diaries, official documents and etc. There are also self-confessions of Turkish authorities which are fixed in court decisions of 1919-1920. “During those years Turkish courts implemented many cases in which Turkish politicians, militarists and officials have been sentenced for mass killings of Armenians and deportations. Those sentences are legal, official evidences condemning Armenian genocide which can be litigated with difficulty even by current Turkish nationalists. I think that this direction of legal researches has prospects and will be efficient,” mentioned Prosecutor General.

Speaking about the commitment of young lawyers Aghvan Hovsepyan considered that the elimination of consequences of Armenian genocide is connected with compensation. He is sure that heirs of victims must receive material compensation, to Armenian Church must be returned the churches, Republic of Armenia must receive its lost territories ant etc.

Prosecutor General is concerned also with today’s reality. He is concerned by the fact that high-level Azerbaijani officials declare that Syunik and Yerevan are Azerbaijani territories. “We today listen to this absurd and keep silence. I agree that it is really absurd, it is obvious lye. We advise Azerbaijanis to get acquainted with the works of ancient historians where even name “Azerbaijan” is not known. But won’t it be more efficient to present well-grounded counter-claim?” he said.