Friday, September 15 2017 12:59

ArmInfo. In the issue of recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Israel, there are purely political problems. Such an opinion was expressed on September 15 at  a press conference in Yerevan by former deputy, political scientist,  co-chairman of the public international forum Israel-Armenia  Alexander Tsinker, commenting on the possibility of achieving  progress in recognizing the Armenian Genocide especially in the light  of the visit of the Vice Speaker of the Knesset to Armenia.

According to him, the visit of the delegation headed by the Vice  Speaker of the Knesset, the head of the Israel-Armenia Parliamentary  Friendship Group Tali Ploskov to Armenia is one more step in this  direction.  Tsinker noted that the delegation included such deputies  who were for the first time in Armenia. "You understand the point,  the problem is purely political. When we had good relations with  Turkey and raised this issue, they said - why spoil good relations  with Ankara. When relations deteriorated with Turkey and the issue of  recognition of the Armenian Genocide started to rise again, they  began to say again: we can not establish relations, and you also with  this issue. You see, there must be a distinction between politics and  historical truth. Then everything will fall into place. But I can say  one thing, according to the polls conducted in Israel, the majority  of the population supports the recognition of the Armenian Genocide,"  Tsinker said, and in this context added that the deputies are in any  way the voice of the people, therefore, we should expect progress in  this matter. He expressed hope that in the future this issue will  receive its expected solution.

Tsinker also stressed that today it has already been possible to  achieve that the Knesset Culture Commission has considered this  issue. "The next step is the plenary sessions. I think there will be  a "hot battle" here. The more frequent such visits of deputies, the  easier it will be for us to promote this issue," concluded Tsinker.

The founder and head of the Institute for National Strategic Studies  of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, co-chairman of the public  forum "Armenia-Israel", Lieutenant-General Hayk Kotanjyan noted that  he attended the meetings of the Israeli delegation in Armenia and can  confidently say that at all meetings, at different levels, the sides  stressed that there is progress in the issue of understanding the  importance of Israel's recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

To note, last week in Yerevan a delegation of the Israeli Knesset  headed by the vice-speaker was on a three-day visit. The delegation  held a number of meetings at various levels, during which the sides  discussed the possibilities for deepening bilateral cooperation.