Safrastian: We should bring a formal accusation against Turkey

“We shouldn’t expect recognition of the 1915 Genocide by Turkey. If powerful countries mostly recognize this historical fact, then we should move towards platform of international law and bring Turkey to a trial as an assignee-country to the one, which committed Genocide,” said Director of the Institute of the Oriental Studies of Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences, a turkologist Ruben Safrastian.

He said welcomes approval of the Genocide Resolution by Sweden’s Parliament and said considers this and other cases of recognition of the 1915 Genocide as victory of current and following generations.

“This shows that crimes, committed against Armenians in 1915, are not forgotten by human race,” he said adding that Armenia and Diaspora should jointly make efforts to maximize the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. “The process will probably be kicked off in some European countries, in particular, in Spain and the UK,” he added.