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The main materials of the Vatican Archives indicate that what happened in the Ottoman Empire was the annihilation of the entire Christian element (first of all Armenians, but not only) existing on its territory.

German historian Michael Hesemann, who is the author of the book ''Genocide against Armenians'' ("Völkermord an den Armeniern"), said the aforementioned Friday at the press-conference entitled ''Genocide-related documents from Vatican Archive, which have not been diclosed so far.''

In his words, currently Vatican runs a clear and transparent policy, all the documents and materials being available. ''This was a well-planned state program, and the assertions that all this was related to the uprising of Armenians is only a pretence which tries to coceal the genuine essence of the issue – the systematic annihilation of Christians,'' Hesemann stressed.

Together with all these documents, the testimonies of numerous witnesses are also available, the historian continued. ''We finally have the testimonies of all the international and diplomatic instances. Everyone should realize that the Turks are trying to mislead the entire world,'' Hesemann concluded.

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