Why doesn't Armenia want to debate?

[Yegoyan]

Typical Turkish denialist question.

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Answer?

Turkey bans 'genocide' conference

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4273602.stm

"Erdogan: "I wrote a letter to President Kocharian [Republic of Armenia] in 2005. We have suggested the establishment of a joint historical commission and we said that we would make available all documents in our archives…. We aim to reach a common understanding of this painful period in our history, but I still, to date, have not received a response to my letter in 2005."

Edward Alexander: "The position of the Armenian government has always been that they want to have diplomatic relations with Turkey, with no pre-existing conditions. However, the Turkish government did not accept this and laid down its own conditions: 1) the Armenian Diaspora should stop talking about the genocide 2) Armenia and the Azerbijani government should declare peace."

[Joseph]

Ankara barred Turkish historians from visiting Armenia

19.12.2007 15:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian parliament has sent a special invitation to Turkish scholars and journalists to participate in hearings on the Turkish-Armenian relations, chairman of the permanent committee on external relations Armen Rustamian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“The Turkish government spoke out against the arrival of Turkish scholars. We provided a firm guarantee of security but Ankara decided that their presence would be inexpedient. For our part, we expressed readiness to travel to Turkey for similar hearings dedicated to cancellation of article 301,” Rustamian said.

2-day hearings on the Turkish-Armenian relations opened in the RA National Assembly December 19.

[bell-the-cat]

Ankara barred Turkish historians from visiting Armenia

19.12.2007 15:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian parliament has sent a special invitation to Turkish scholars and journalists to participate in hearings on the Turkish-Armenian relations, chairman of the permanent committee on external relations Armen Rustamian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“The Turkish government spoke out against the arrival of Turkish scholars. We provided a firm guarantee of security but Ankara decided that their presence would be inexpedient. For our part, we expressed readiness to travel to Turkey for similar hearings dedicated to cancellation of article 301,” Rustamian said.

2-day hearings on the Turkish-Armenian relations opened in the RA National Assembly December 19.

"Barred" in what way? Discouraged is not the same as barred.
And Armenia, too, is pretty good at "discouraging" visiting Turkish historians - we need only remind ourselves of the Turkish historian who was imprisoned in Armenia for several months on trumped-up charges.

[Joseph]

"Barred" in what way? Discouraged is not the same as barred.
And Armenia, too, is pretty good at "discouraging" visiting Turkish historians - we need only remind ourselves of the Turkish historian who was imprisoned in Armenia for several months on trumped-up charges.

You're right about what Armenia did and it was indeed wrong. The Turkish scholar was also pro-Armenian too. Still it shows how disingenuous the Turkish statements are regarding a historical debate.

[bell-the-cat]

You're right about what Armenia did and it was indeed wrong. The Turkish scholar was also pro-Armenian too.

Rumour has it that it was actually Russia who planned his arrest, acting via Armenian agents, because Russia does not want Armenia to have improved relations with Turkey.

[Joseph]

I could see how that is plausible. Russia would much rather keep Turkey and Armenia at odds. Of course, they hardly need to do anything at all to promote their agenda; Turkey and even the US (NATO) are more than happy to oblige- if even unwittingly.