Kocharyan: Turkey consistently implements Genocide denial policy

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan responded to the question of the program “First Informational” of Armenia’s Public Television concerning the newly-appointed Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s recent statement about Armenian-Turkish relations.

Mevlut Cavusoglu blamed Armenia for the fact that Armenian-Turkish relations have not been normalized. He reiterated that the Armenian side allegedly did not respond to the Turkish prime minister’s letter in 2005.

“We would not like to believe that the Armenian side’s answer to the Turkish prime minister’s letter of April 25, 2005 has not remained in archives of Turkish Foreign Ministry. The answer was given and then published in a few days.

Turkey consistently implements a policy of denial of the Armenian Genocide and continues its futile attempts to distort and deny historical facts. This position of the Turkish side is the obstacle to the Armenian-Turkish normalization,” Shavarsh Kocharyan said.