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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   28 March 2024

I don't know a Jew, who doesn't recognize Armenian Genocide: Anna Azari

I don't know a Jew, who doesn't recognize Armenian Genocide: Anna Azari

YEREVAN, JUNE 20, ARMENPRESS. The Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Head of the Eurasia Department, Ambassador Anna Azari arrived in Yerevan to participate in the diplomatic and political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries. In a conversation with “Armenpress”, Anna Azari introduced the agenda of the consultations and her assessment of the Armenian-Israeli relations.

- You arrived in Armenia and held consultations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. It’s known that the issue of visa facilitation between the two countries has been under discussion. What other issues have been discussed at the meeting?

- We tried to discuss a row of issues. We introduced the current issues in the Near East from our perspective: the Armenian colleagues introduced the regional issues. Soon we’ll sign an agreement on the contract without visa regime. First the agreement will be in force for the diplomats. The second significant issue we were negotiating about was the Customs Union’s issue. Armenia will join the Customs Union soon, and Israel has start negotiations on the cooperation with that union. If we also sign it, it will give a new impetus to our cooperation.

- Recently, the Israeli Parliament has elected a new President – Reuven Rivlin, who had urged the Knesset to recognize the Armenian Genocide for a number of times. Can we be hopeful that Israel will join the countries recognizing the Armenian Genocide by the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide?

- I don’t want to give you great hopes, because President Rivlin has talked about the Armenian Genocide for a number of times and, naturally, he will defend the bill on recognition, but anyway it’s the Prime Minister, not the Presidents, who decides important political issues. I can say that you have a good friend in the political elite of Israel. It’s noteworthy that I don’t know anyone, who does not recognize the Armenian Genocide. But on the state level… The matter is that we solve a row of strategic issues for the existence of the state and we officially don’t recognize and I don’t see a hope in coming future that Israel will recognize the Armenian Genocide. (THE FULL VERSION FO THE INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)

Interview by Hasmik Harutyunyan








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