Foreign Ministry spokesman Konstantinos Koutras made the following announcement regarding a Turkish Foreign Ministry announcement on the events in Greece marking Pontian Genocide Remembrance Day:
“History consists of truths and events that are neither forgotten nor written off.
All Hellenism honors the memory and sacrifice of the Pontian Greeks.
History, however, is one thing. The past is another, and it should not overshadow our mutual will to create a future of cooperation, friendship, stability and mutual respect for the two peoples.”
May 26, 2013