Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis voiced anti-Armenian statements during his recent interview with Euronews.

In response to the Euronews correspondent regarding the investigation launched against Bagis for the Armenian Genocide denial in Switzerland, he said that he can repeat what he had said in Zurich everywhere.

Recognizing the 1915 Genocide is meaningless, based on our documents. However, Turkey calls on Armenia and the third states also to open archives, Bagis said.

“This is an execution without trial. Calling the 1915 events a genocide based solely on information we have right now, comes from a lobby that nurtures malicious hatred. We refuse to enter into their games,” he said.

Bagis considers it is unlikely that the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide will spread throughout the EU.