Canadian recognizes 1915 events as “genocide”

Vice Speaker of Turkish Grand National Assembly Nevzat Pakdil stated that decision of Canadian House of Commons that recognizes 1915 events as “genocide” has saddened Turkish people.
Hosting Head of Canada-Turkey Interparliamentary Friendship Group Maurice Vellacott and the Canadian delegation with him, Vice Speaker of Turkish Grand National Assembly Nevzat Pakdil said that Turkey and Canada are two allied countries. Stressing that two countries do not have serious problems in their bilateral relations, Pakdil said, “But the decision of Canadian House of Commons disappointed Turkish people. Turkey did not commit such crime. We think that the decision was made due to lack of information. We will be pleased to see Canada to support the process of normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.”

Calling Canadian politicians to leave the issue to historians, Pakdil said, “Turkey is towards leaving the issue to historians. We announced that we are ready to share all the documents and archives related to this issue. We hope that our Canadian friends will behave in accordance with the historical truths.”

“CANADA SUPPORTS NORMALIZATION PROCESS”

Responding to Pakdil, Head of Canada-Turkey Interparliamentary Friendship Group Maurice Vellacott said that Canada supports the process of normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. Stressing that the genocide issue should be handled within the frames of the history science, Vellacott said that Canada is pleased with development of relations between Turkey and Armenia.