Greek President Karolos Papoulias: Both Greeks and Armenians were butchered in the past by their common enemy, the Turks.

"Both Greeks and Armenians were butchered in the past by their common enemy, the Turks, Greek President Karolos Papoulias has been quoted as saying. “We were butchered by the same barbarian,” Papoulias was quoted as saying by the Agence France-Presse (AFP) during a meeting with his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarksyan, on Tuesday."

On Tuesday Papoulias also appeared to blame Turkey for his country’s financial crisis, saying Greece might well have avoided resorting to International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union loans if it were not for maintaining the armaments ratio with Turkey. “We spend more money than any of our allies on armaments and that is unfair for a peaceful people,” Papoulias said. -Today's Zaman, Turkish Daily, January 20, 2010 (Turkish Time)