Turkey circulates letter in UN on denial of Armenian Genocide with absurd arguments

On October 16 Turkey’s delegation to the United Nations has sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General over the denial of the Armenian Genocide, requesting to circulate it in the General Assembly and the Security Council.

Expert on genocidal studies Suren Manukyan told Armenpress that the letter of Turkey aims at counteracting the statements made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the UN General Assembly.

The expert informed that the letter is full of another repetition of absurd facts which the Turkish and Azerbaijani sides are trying to circulate for years at different international organizations and meetings. They include accusation according to which Armenia allegedly is presenting ungrounded claims over the Armenian Genocide. According to him, the reason Turkey is nervous is that Armenia is always warning and alarming about the possible danger of genocide in the context of the escalation of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

“The word genocide itself makes Turkey very nervous because it is always associated with that country”, Manukyan said.

The expert has presented an example of an absurd thesis from that let...