ArmInfo. International recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not among our foreign policy priorities today, Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated in his interview with Turkish media outlets.
In this context, he mentioned a historic opportunity to normalize relations with Turkiye.
"Our official position is that international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not among our foreign policy priorities today. This is an official formulation, but in this context there are issues the clarification of which is very essential and important, and I mainly constantly talk about these issues in a working mode both in Armenia and abroad, in conversations with our compatriots, and I think this is a good opportunity to talk about it publicly. First of all, I must say that, because these discussions and speculations also take place in Armenia, and not only in Armenia, it is talked about denial, denying or forgetting the Medz Yeghern.
"I want to be very clear that in Armenia and among Armenians, this is an indisputable truth. In other words, it is simply impossible to deny or disavow it in our reality, because it is an undeniable truth for all of us, but this is not what we are talking about. I want to tell you directly, if I am not mistaken, about a speech I gave recently during a meeting with Armenians in Munich, when I said the following: dear compatriots, when the parliament or government of a distant country makes a decision, we are very excited about that decision. This is the case in our reality and there is no secret in it, and even those very distant countries, when they make such decisions and when the excitement or joy from that decision fades, the next moment the following question arises: what does that decision give us in our relations with our immediate environment? When we have tensions in our immediate environment, to what extent do those tensions contribute to stability, peace, etc. in our country, in our region, and so on.
"It is also here that the question arises, where and how should we focus on serving the state interests of Armenia, and how and where should we focus on emphasizing what we know, including historical truths, and relying on those truths. Because the period in which that great tragedy occurred was a period when there was no Republic of Armenia.
"I want us to understand this nuance correctly, there is no absolute truth in history, history, any perception of history is a political perception. This is true in general, but there are political forces that have their own recognized absolute truths about history precisely by political choice. There are societies, there are states that have their own absolute truths about history. And this is also undeniable.
"And therefore, my understanding is that we must use our lessons from history to serve the interests of our state today, the Republic of Armenia, the state interest and the interests of the future. And by the way, I will tell you that in my understanding, this conversation is ripe both in Armenia and in the Diaspora, but I want to emphasize again that it is not about changing history or denying history. It is about changing our applied perception of history. Why, as what resource should history be used, what knowledge should be gained from history, which is not an easy question, but I am convinced that it is necessary.
"This is necessary, and my contacts show that this conversation is ripe, but it is also important that this conversation matures not only within Armenia or among Armenians, but also in a regional context, because that is also an issue. What do we use history for? So that historical confrontations become eternal, or are historical confrontations a message for us to build a peaceful, cooperative, regionally stable future? I am the supporter of this second perception," Mr Pashinyan said.
RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's interview with Turkish media outlets is available here:
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