The deportations from the time of World War I, in which millions of representatives of different religions and nationalities were killed, should not represent an obstacle to the human relations. Such a message was transmitted by the Embassy of Turkey in Moldova by a press release issued on the eve of the day when the Armenians from all over the world commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, IPN reports.
“For the Armenians from everywhere, the date of April 24 has a special meaning, which we treat with respect. The human conscience and attitude make us realize the pain suffered in this period, unconditioned from religious and ethnical viewpoints. The human duty is to understand and share this pain experienced then by all the people of the Ottoman Empire, including the Armenians,” says the press release.
The Embassy underlines that the last years of existence of the Ottoman Empire represented a difficult period full of pain for millions of people of the empire, who represented different nationalities, including Turks, Kurds, Arabians and Armenians. “Destroying the taboos by developing a dialogue between the Turks and Armenians is an essential condition for overcoming the hostility that made our relationship hostage. This is the only way enabling to leave in the past the pain, which was the result of the inhuman deportation policy pursued in conditions of war,” it is said in the press release.
According to the Embassy, Turkey suggested constituting a joint committee for scientifically analyzing the events that happened in 1915. All the archives in Turkey are open for being used by researchers.
On April 24, the Armenians from all over the world commemorate 100 years of the deportation and massacre of Armenians by the Turkish government in 1915-1916. According to the Armenian community in Moldova, almost 2 million Armenians were killed during those events.
