By Vigen Margaryan

YEREVAN, January 27 — During his speech in the PACE, UK Premier David Cameron noted that appalling things happened to the people of the Republic of Armenia.

Asked by a Turkish delegate about the bill criminalizing the genocide denial adopted by the French Senate , Cameron stressed that UK’s position is clear.

“Our position on the issue is clear. Appalling things happened to the Armenian people, appalling atrocities were committed. It’s important to state that, but we have to live in the present,” he noted adding that UK had on occasion passed legislation that had looked back – making it possible to prosecute people for appalling war crimes.

“If we want to demonstrate how Muslims, Christian, Jew, Sikh and Hindu can all live together, having a predominantly Muslim Turkey inside the EU is the right thing to do.

I believe we should work on the relationship between Turkey and all European states, but it’s up to each individual European state to make up its mind about how to approach that,” concluded the Premier.

Yerevan Report