ANKARA - "It is impossible for us to share some expressions in U.S. President George W. Bush`s remarks on April 24th. Turkish nation is extremely sensitive about Armenian allegations which are lack of historical, scientific and legal ground," Levent Bilman, spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Wednesday.
President Bush released a written statement on April 24th, anniversary of so-called Armenian genocide.
"Turkish government`s attitude regarding the issue is based on a moral point of view on the ground of historical and legal facts. The duty of writing and commenting about the historical events should belong to only historians. The controversial periods of the history can be understood by carrying out scientific researches in relevant archives and historical records without prejudices and censoring," Bilman said.
He noted, "Turkey, as a sign of good-will, proposed Armenia on April 10th, 2005, to establish a joint commission of historians to research the 1915 events and to share their findings with the world public opinion. Our propose also welcomes participation of third parties. Turkey opened its all archives to researches to enable them to carry out their work freely."
"President Bush underlined in his remarks that an open historical examination of the facts was essential for normalizing relations between Turkey and Armenia. We agree with President Bush and expect him to maintain his efforts to encourage Armenia to give a positive response to our historical proposal," Bilman added.