Germany needs mechanisms of pressure
The Armenian people shouldn’t be in the state of euphoria after the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by German Bundestag, says Vladimir Vardanyan, Expert of International Law of the Constitutional Court. According to his words, Germany wasn’t the state, which had stressed pro-Armenian stance, and the adoption of that resolution was a surprise for us. “From the legal point of view the fact that the German Parliament labeled it as genocide, is very important. The recognition and labeling of the fact is also very important,” noted Vladimir Vardanyan during the press conference. Another speaker of the press conference, turkologist, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the YSU Ruben Melkonyan, who earlier didn’t consider the adoption of the resolution by Bundestag to be possible, today notes that we shouldn’t get excited about moral victories. He reminds that Germany is among those European countries, which was the ally of Turkey. But at present the relations are in a complex phase, and Europe needs mechanisms of pressure. Nevertheless, in the context of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide turkologist considers the fact to be the keystone. He recalls the history; Germany gave shelter to Talaat Pasha, Enver Pasha, Djemal Pasha and others. Ruben Melkonyan urges to refrain from the syndrome of moral victories and considers the next step to be important, “Recognition gives green light. There are very important documents in the German archives; it is time to reveal them as a means to strengthen the documentary ground of the Armenian Genocide.” At the same time turkologist highlights the fact that 11 Turkish MPs voted in favor of the resolutions and at present persecution has been launched against them in Turkey.
