Luxembourg PM warns: Let's leave genocide question to the Armenians and the Turks

The European Parliament President, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker has reacted strongly to Belgium's preparation to pass a law punishing deniers of the so-called Armenian genocide. In an interview published in Belgium's Le Soir newspaper, Juncker answered questions regarding the country's parliament's dealings with issues surrounding the Armenian genocide claims.Recalling that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had recently proposed forming a joint Turkish-Armenian commission to look into the history of the matter, Juncker said "Why don't we just let the Turks and Armenians solve their problems by themselves? I really don't understand how we are helping, especially during a period when Prime Minister Erdogan has called for a commission to be formed."  Juncker warns: Don't get involved when you yourself are not a perfect model of behavior Referring to the Belgian Minister of Turkish origin, Emir Kir, Juncker said "Attempts like these in Belgium are attributed to the fact that a person of Turkish origin is holding an important position in the Socialist Party. But this is not right." Then the Luxembourg PM made this warning: "We should not enter the arena on any subject in which we ourselves have not been perfect, have not exactly been examples in. Control yourselves. These sorts of initiatives and incentives will only be discussed within Belgium by Belgian people.There will be no real effect on the matters outside of Belgium anyway." Â