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 Member of Armenian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Hermine Naghdalyan issued a statement in the plenary session on the Armenian Genocide issue.

The statement reads:

“Dear Mr. President,
Dear Colleagues,
Today, numerous states, parliaments and international organizations have recognized and condemned the Genocide committed in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. We express our gratitude to them for their contribution to the fight against crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, it is logical that the Turkish Republic, the assignee of the Ottoman Empire, should have to be the first to recognize and condemn the genocide.

In 1918, the Turkish Military Court sentenced to death those high-ranking officials, who ordered the massacres. Then Turkey forgot its own history and to such extent that made calls to establish Commission of Historians to inquire these events.

Those, who want to know the opinion of prominent historians, lawyers and politicians I would like to cite some quotations:
First: «In 1915 the Turkish government began and carried out the infamous general massacre and deportation of Armenians. There is no reasonable doubt that this crime was planned and executed for political reasons». The words belong to one of the world’s prominent politicians and historians. His name is Winston Churchill.

Second: in one of his speeches in 1938, he made a rhetoric question “Who after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” And he answered to his question: nobody. With this conviction he implemented the Holocaust of Jews, which was recognized and apologized for by the future leaders of Germany. His name is Adolf Hitler.

Third: Joint Declaration by Britain, France and Russia in May 1915 vowed that all members of the Ottoman Government would be held personally liable for «crime against humanity».

Four: the US government submitted to the International Court of Justice that «the Turkish massacres of Armenians» was one of the «outstanding examples of the crime of genocide».

I would like to draw your attention to a survey made in 2009 by Geoffrey Robertson Queen's Counsel, a British distinguished lawyer, which is a comprehensive and complete analyses of facts and legal documents.

Here are some important conclusions: «Erroneous and illogical arguments are given today to elude truthful answers about the Armenian Genocide and prevent causing discomfort for the Turkish Government. One of them is requesting support of historians for the solution of a legal issue. The issue of Genocide is a matter of court judgment according to the international law and by no means an issue for historians. Historians establish facts, but the lawyers judge whether these facts are violation of international law or not».
Dear Mr. President dear colleagues,

Being a descendant of Armenians from Igdir, today, when my country is commemorating the day of the genocide I bow my head before millions of victims and believe that my Turkish colleagues will join me in the near future, as it is never late to look into the eyes of your own history. We are looking forward and we are confident that the truth does not look for the truth.”