During a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan in Athens, Papoulias said "Turkish barbarians committed massacre against the Greek and Armenians at the start of the 20th century.
Tijekom sastanka s armenskim kolegom Serzhom Sargsyanom u Ateni, Papoulias je kazao kako su "turski barbari počinili pokolj nad Grcima i Armenicima početkom 20. stoljeća.