OSCE PA RESOLUTION MENTIONS NEITHER ARMENIA NOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

The OSCE PA resolution on formation of commissions of historians with a purpose to normalize relations between the OSCE member states doesn’t mention either Armenia or the Armenian Genocide. “Armenian media was misinformed by the Turkish propaganda machine,” member of the Armenian delegation to OSCE PA Armen Ashotyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “The OSCE PA committee focused on the problems of transparency. In particular the committee on human rights and democracy considered normalization of relations between the organization’s member states. The author of the resolution is a Czech but not a Turkish parliamentarian. The resolution calls on the OSCE countries’ parliaments to resolve bilateral problems via formation of commissions of historians and experts with participation of thirds states. Not only Armenia and Turkey experience problems. Similar problems exist between Poland and Ukraine, France and Germany, etc. I have proposed an amendment to explain that formation of such a commission is impossible due to Turkey’s ongoing blockade of Armenia and my explanation was accepted. The Armenian delegation wonders why Turkish parliamentarians have distorted the contents of the resolution. It’s all the more upsetting after we succeeded in establishing normal relations with the Turkish parliamentarians,” he said. Earlier, Alaattin Buyukkaya, head of the Turkish delegation to the OSCE PA, said that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) adopted Turkey’s motion which says that past events like genocide should be recognized only after historians carried out a detailed research in all kinds of archives. “Adoption of the Turkish thesis by the OSCE is a significant achievement against the Armenian allegations. Also, the Turkish thesis regarding the events of 1915 was adopted for the first time on an international platform. Armenia was the only among 56 OSCE member states to vote against the motion," he said. "The motion says that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly encourages formation of joint commission of historians and experts from the third countries in case of a research into political and military archives to scientifically and impartially enlighten a disputed period in history in an effort to serve transparency and common understanding among the member states."

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