“We live in the 21st century and Armenia is ready to overstep its pain and contribute to the establishment of good-neighborly relations with all states of the region. However, it should and will not be done setting foot on our ancestors’ memory, RA Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan told journalists near the Armenian Genocide victims’ Memorial.

Asked about the prospects of Armenia-Turkey relations, he said that normalization initiated by RA President Serzh Sargsyan was committed to the principle &‘look ahead, not forgetting the past’. At that, our neighbors realize the necessity to speak with Armenia on the international law terms, admitting that Armenia is an independent state, established on the part of its historical motherland. If Ankara gets that Armenia will never bury to oblivion the history of its people, yet being ready for peace and neighborliness, Armenia-Turkey process will continue,” Ashotyan declared.

Today’s patriotism of Armenian people is based on the vision of future, without tragic watersheds of history.

L.A.