On April 20, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu issued a statement in which he “expressed condolences to the generations of victims” and said “he shares their pain”, but fell short of recognizing the Armenian Genocide. There was no real progress compared to last year’s statement by Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan who since then has made more provocations with the purpose of denying the genocide and threatening the Armenians.

This is the statement of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France on Davutoglu’s statement.

According to Nouvelles d’Arménie, the statement of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France reads as follows: “Davutoglu’s speech doesn’t show any desire to reject the state policy of denial of the Armenian Genocide or to act with the logic of telling the truth and restoring justice and damages. Coming into conflict with pressure from abroad, Ankara is trying to save face and confuse the international community.

The Turkish government continues to avoid taking responsibility for the Armenian massacres, confiscation and usurpation of their properties, elimination of their civilization and its century of denial of justice, which only adds salt to the wounds of the victims and supports Turkey’s nationalists and anti-Armenian propaganda. Enough is enough.”

On April 20, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu issued a statement on the events of 1915.