Serzh Sargsyan's message to Washington: We believe that the whole of mankind should be consistent in the recognition, condemnation and exclusion of denialism of genocides

 The crimes against the mankind will be committed again if the genocides of the past are not condemned, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview with The New York Times. 

He sent a specific message to the American government and society on the threshold of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide: "We believe that the whole of mankind should be consistent in the recognition, condemnation and exclusion of denialism of this crime of crimes, Serzh Sragsyan said.

"This is our message to the international community, including the government and society of the United States, on the eve of the centenary of the Armenian genocide. The Armenian genocide is an indisputable fact, documented by the international community when it provided refuge to the hundreds of thousands of Armenians that fled the massacres carried out by the Ottoman Empire. Today, even educated circles of Turkish society have reconciled with their own past, opposing the official denialist position of their state," Serzh Sargsyan states.

According to Serzh Sargsyan, the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide is an important step toward its international recognition and condemnation, but it is not an endpoint. It marks a new beginning in the context of joint efforts to prevent history repeating itself.  

'As human rights and fundamental freedoms have become exclusive values for the world community, subordination of recognition of the Armenian genocide to the political interests contradicts moral and legal norms of the modern world order", - he said and added that the strength of the USA is also conditioned by the duty to these values. 

"The law-making body of the USA adopted eight decisions about recognition of the Armenian genocide, and the Armenian genocide was recognized in 40 states of the USA. In 1980-s Reagan's administration recognized and condemned the Armenian genocide.  Sooner or later, Turkey will be forced to come to terms with its history and recognize justice", - Serzh Sargsyan concluded.