Turkish Foreign Ministry has commented on Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's statement saying that Armenia's historical lands in the present territory of Turkey should be returned.
APA reports the Turkish Foreign Ministry as declaring, "Prosecutor General's statements reflect the ideas dominated in Armenia regarding territorial integrity of the neighboring Turkey and Turkey-Armenia relations. This position is contrary to Armenia's commitments to the international organizations, including the UN and OSCE. Everyone should know very well that no one has the right to demand land from Turkey."
On July 5, addressing the second conference of lawyers entitled "Ahead of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide" in Yerevan, Prosecutor General Hovsepyan said that the Republic of Armenia should get back its lost territories, and the successors of the victims of the Armenian Genocide should receive material compensation, churches and church lands should be returned to the Armenian Church, the Republic of Armenia should receive back the territories it lost.