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Athens irked by Ankara’s terse rejection of Pontic massacre

Athens yesterday reacted sternly to a statement by the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs refuting the historical truth of the genocide of the Pontic Greeks during World War One. “History cannot be denied, it cannot be falsified,” Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos said. However he added, “We are striving for the full normalization of Greek-Turkish ties for the sake of stability on a bilateral and regional level.” Earlier yesterday, the Turkish government had issued a statement saying that “claims regarding an alleged Pontic genocide have no historical or scientific basis.” Ankara was responding to official events held on May 19 in Athens and Thessaloniki to commemorate the Pontic genocide. Diplomats attributed the terseness of Ankara’s statement to Turkey’s domestic strife.

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