Matthew Bryza voices attitude towards genocide issue

"It's not the business of any politician in any country to characterize events as genocide or not as genocide," former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said in an interview.

Mr Bryza said it has to be up to societies, not to others, to have a decision taken based on a political calendar. He noted truth is on everyone side, especially on Turkey's side. The debate about this issue is really one-sided right now.

"If you believe there was a genocide committed, you can equally argue looking from a narrow definition of the word that genocide was committed to many others, against Turks or Muslims, in eastern Anatolia," Mr Bryza said.


/Hurriyet Daily News/