SPOKESMAN OF TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

09.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Spokesman of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Huseyin Dirioz issued a special statement regarding the fact of recognition of the Armenian genocide of 1915 by the French Senate. In his statement the Spokesman Dirioz accused Armenian President Robert Kocharian “of orchestrating a campaign to win recognition for a genocide in foreign capitals.”
“This policy does not serve peace and stability in the Caucasus, increases Armenia’s regional isolation and does great harm to the suffering people of Armenia,” he said. –0–