Panorama.am 13:55 03/07/06 Mesrop Mutafyan, Patriarch of Konstandnopolis of the Armenian Apostolic church was interviewed by Turkish Huriet reporter Sefa Kaplan on June 28. Mesrop Mutafyan expressed his disagreement with the statement of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin B made during his visit to Istanbul which said that "Turkey must stop denying its policy and must officially recognize what it had committed." Patriarch Mesrop, on the other hand, said "he does not think so." This is only an extract from the interview which is doubtful for any Armenian and in case of Patriarch of Armenian Apostolic Church is just unacceptable. Special attention should be paid that Patriarch said that Armenians and Turks have lived side by side for more than 1000 years whereas every schoolchild knows that Turks have settled in our region in the first half of 15th century only which makes only 500-600 years. The most essential point made is that Mesrop Mutafyan repeats word by word the Turkish approach which says that genocide should be discussed by historians and scientists. Of coarse, the Armenian Patriarch of Kostandnopolis is well aware of the history and we do not think he says what he means concerning genocide. The only explanation for the "difference of opinion" of M. Mutafyan is that the several dozen thousand Armenians are HOSTAGES in the hands of Turkish state authorities. If they dare to say anything like any Armenian may say, the world may witness again what is called Genocide. It's true, there will be less victims this time.
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