EU will make Turkey recognize
German Ambassador to Armenia Hans Jokhen-Schmidt says modern-day Turkey knows very well what happened in 1915.
"If we wish to build a future, we have to remember the past. Of course, today's generation of Turks is totally different. They aren't to blame, but they have to sense the responsibility for what is going on since there is a culture of remembering in Europe. If they want to join the European Union, they have to recognize the past," said the Ambassador.
The Ambassador recalled it was part of that culture that Germany recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2005.
Minister of Culture of Buenos Aires Ernan Lombardi is also in Yerevan to pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenian victims. The Parliament of Buenos Aires adopted a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide in 2010.
"I think all countries have to recognize the Armenian Genocide. There has to be international recognition," said Lombardi.
Uruguay was the first to recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965, followed by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and 42 states of the United States.
