President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan again calls on Armenia to set up a commission of historians to study the Armenian Genocide issue. Erdogan blamed the Armenian Diaspora for "avoiding negotiations and provoking confrontation." According to Erdgoan, Diaspora just persuades parliaments of other countries to adopt decisions of the Genocide issue. Meanwhile, Erdogan is sure that many countries that adopt decisions on Armenia allegedly cannot even find it on the map. He urges Armenia to let historians study the issue and make relevant reports to the politicians.
Erdogan promises to take relevant measures if historians prove Turkey's crime. He calls on Armenia and third countries that may have any relation to the issue to open their archives. Erdogan promises to show respect for any report prepared by historians.
The centennial of the Armenian Genocide in Western Armenia in 1915-1923 that claimed the lives of 1.5 million of Armenians will be marked on April 24, 2015. Ankara still denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, meanwhile, 44 out of 51 States of America have recognized the Armenian Genocide along with other 24 countries that have recognized it at different levels.
To recall, Armenia and Turkey lack diplomatic relations and the 330 km border between the two countries has been closed since 1993 on Ankara's initiative. The complicated relations between the counties are explained by the fact that Turkey supports Azerbaijani stance on the Karabakh problem and vehemently reacts to the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide 1915.