Yerevan /Mediamax/. In 2015, ASALA (Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia) will mark its 40th anniversary of establishment.
ASALA veteran, leader of Operation Van Vazgen Sislyan said to journalists today that ASALA was aimed at not the recognition of the Genocide but liberation of Armenia - the one which was under Turkish rule.
He noted that owing to their 400 operations, “the international community started talking about Armenians and Hay Dat and opening the archives”.
Speaking about Operation Van, Vazgen Sislyan said: “After the operation, it was us who sat on the conventional chair of the convict, but in reality, it was not ours but Turkey’s trial”.
He added that it was after Operation Van that Italy began the process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide “asking not to carry out operations in their territory”.
“You should always strike, be strong so as to be counted for”, said Vazgen Sislyan.
According to ASALA member Gevorg Yazichian, Armenians chose to fight against injustice with rude force as the world didn’t leave an alternative to them. He stressed that ASALA was not a terrorist organization but one which was aimed at liberating the motherland through an armed fight.
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