Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Patriarch Mutafyan and the Armenian version of 301 (I) - Turkish Daily News Sep 26, 2007

"Patriarch Mutafyan and the Armenian version of 301 (I) Wednesday, September 26, 2007

No doubt, the settlement of the notorious Armenian-Turkish dispute principally revolving around the �Armenian genocide� is indeed imperative. Yet, I regret to say that prospects for a resolution do not look promising. In almost every discourse, those made by Westerners in particular, it has become highly fashionable to talk about the need for reconciliation with the past. But nobody has clarified so far what reconciliation with the past means. What indeed are the prerequisites of this vague and abstract concept? What does the Armenian side understand from reconciliation? Last but not least, should it be unilateral, meaning that it should only apply to the Turks? "

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