10:00, 25 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. The European society must know what happened in 1915 and the years following that date and who is responsible for the Genocide. The Head of the newly established EU-Armenia Friendship Group Eleni Theocharous stated this in a conversation with “Armenpress”. In 
her opinion it’s not so important to cling to the formulations in case of the Armenian Genocide recognition. Notwithstanding the issue of legal formulations is also significant. The most important is for the people in Europe to know what really happened in 1915, who is responsible for that Genocide. Eleni Theocharous also underscored that nobody wants to punish the Turks of nowadays, but they have to accept the responsibility for the crime committed by their fathers, it’s of a certain importance. And everyone must know to avoid such atrocities against humanity and human nature.
Among other things she noted that unfortunately we see that Turkey proceeded to more crimes after 1915. It’s the genocide of the Pontic Greeks, genocide against the Greeks in Smyrna and the crime against the Kurdish population, so they did not get any lesson from the Armenian Genocide. So it’s important for us to let all the European nations, all the human beings in Europe and everywhere that we have to avoid such crimes in future.
Interview by Arusik Zakharyan