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THE YOUTH CONDEMN TURKEY

Politics

A number of youth organizations condemn the inhospitable attitude towards the All Armenian Catholicos Garegin II in Istanbul. Today the representatives of the youth organization of the Republican Party and “Nikol Aghbalyan” Students’ Union of the Dashnaktsutyun Party informed about it.

In this connection about 30 political, social, youth and students’ organizations released a joint statement on June 26 and they are going to hand it to all European Embassies.

According to Karen Avagyan, head of the youth organization of the Republican Party the youth couldn’t keep silence. “We shall try to prevent such cases in future. We want the Council of Europe to take into consideration the fact that Turkey is not going to have any ties with Armenia.”

They noted that this is not the first assault in the Turkish history on the Armenian and Christian clergymen. “Many months ago a Moslem from Turkey, which is a candidate to the EU, killed a catholic clergyman during the liturgy. It is due to mention that the encroachment upon Johannes Poghos II was also initiated by the Turks,” they claim.

In their statement the Armenian youth representatives demand the international community, mainly the EU member-countries to refer to this event and to condemn the assault on the Armenian Church Supreme Patriarch. In their opinion this assault is humiliating and it also violates the rights and fundamental freedoms of the Christian residents(mainly Armenian citizens) living in Turkey.

By the way, the participants of the press release are going to meet with the All Armenian Catholicos after his return to Armenia, make the details clear and later make certain steps among the youth.