Shushan Petrosyan voted almost with tears in her eyes (video)
The ancestors of HHK deputy Shushan Petrosyan are from Western Armenia. Today she voted in favor of the NA statement on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide almost with tears in her eyes. She doesn’t discuss whether there was Genocide or wasn’t. Nevertheless, today she doesn’t aspire to her ancestral lands, “It is a little bit boast, we must be able to do it.” But it is also impossible without a dream, she would like to walk in the streets of Western Armenia, “I would like my sons to study at Sanasarian college like my grandfather, I would like to go to Marash and I would like girls to learn the needlework of Marash.” HHK faction member Karine Achemyan also voted in favor of the statement, her ancestors were from Van. From 8 sisters and brothers only Karine Achemyan’s grandfather was able to survive. Now the Republican deputy has demands, “We must always remember that those lands were ours.” Would the deputy like to shake hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan? “I won’t call it friendship, but I consider it obligatory to discuss, speak, negotiate, communicate.” Erdogan has also threatened that all this fuss over the Centennial will end and Armenians will be seriously affected for setting the world against Turkey. “Heritage” faction member Alexander Arzumanyan notes that Erdogan is making inadequate statements, which is typical of him, “Davutoglu addresses condolences to the Armenian people, another politician says something else, Gül criticizes Erdogan.” Today the whole world puts pressure on Turkey, if Erdogan wanted to threaten, let him do it during the days of the 99th anniversary of the Genocide, “Germany already calls it genocide, the resolution of European Parliament etc, under these pressures it tries to do some steps, which turn out to be inadequate, which results in the development of more anti-Turkish sentiments.” Alexander Arzumanyan thinks that the statement adopted by the National Assembly has no diplomatic impact, it is just a statement.
