YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey responded to the statement made by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan at the second Pan-Armenian Conference of Lawyers “Ahead of the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide”, which was organized by the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia. As reported by Armenpress, the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey published that the statement on returning the historical Armenian territories from the Turkish state is unacceptable. “The pretensions of Armenia on the Turkish lands contradict to the principles of the international organizations as the UN and OSCE, the member of which Armenia is. One should clearly understand that nobody can have a territorial claim from Turkey”, - says the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

On July 5 the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan participated in the works of the second Pan-Armenian Conference of Lawyers “Ahead of the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide”, organized by the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia.

Aghvan Hovsepyan made a speech at the Conference touching upon the Armenian Genocide issue: “Speaking about the international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide, we consider Turkey the main responsible part. In juridical words, Turkey is the doer of the crime. And it is true. But we – the lawyers – know that criminals often have accomplices – organizers, instigators, supporters. Have there been any personalities, international overt or secret organizations, peoples and countries that have organized and supported to implement the Armenian Genocide. And what was the purpose? In literature some information about the organizers, supporters and even about co-doers of the Armenian Genocide is available. However, for the present I will not speak about the international organizations and countries proclaimed in that information as they are just hypothesis, which need serious legal examination”, - stated the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, greeting the participants of the conference and mentioned that one of the issues of the Armenian lawyers is the revelation of organizers, instigators and supporters of the Armenian Genocide.

Aghvan Hovsepyan stated that the Armenian lawyers have serious work to do in the sphere of legal issues of abolishing the consequences of the Armenian Genocide.

“Here a number of legal issues arise. It is indisputable that the abolishing of consequences of the Armenian Genocide is related to compensation. Will that compensation be just moral, or property and territorial?

What is the frame of subjects getting compensation? Shall it include the heirs of the genocide victims, the Armenian apostolic church, the Republic of Armenia or all together? I am sure that the heirs of the genocide victims shall be materially compensated. The churches miraculously saved in Turkey and the lands belonging to church shall be returned to the Armenian Church, the Republic of Armenia shall get back its lost territories, etc. But all those requirements shall have a perfect legal base”, - emphasized the Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan.

The second Pan-Armenian Conference of Lawyers “Ahead of the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide” was held on July 5-6 attended by more than 100 authoritative lawyers from Armenia, Diaspora and Artsakh.