Edinburgh city council to consider recognition of Armenian Genocide

Edinburgh city council to consider recognition of Armenian Genocide

19.08.2005 13:48

YEREVAN (YEREVAN) – Donald Anderson, Edinburgh City Council chairman
has said he is sure the “1915 events are a genocide,” and that the
issue to recognize the Armenian Genocide would be discussed by the
city council in October, Armenpress reported.

The move has sparked the outrage of the Scottish capita’s Turkish
community which has sent a letter to Anderson.

Another letter was sent by Turkish ambassador to the United Kingdom. In
his response, Anderson has said he had studied the issue and has no
doubts that the Armenians were subjected to genocide by the Ottoman
Empire.

A Wells city recognized the Armenian Genocide last year, according
to Ara Sarafian, director of the Komitas Institute’s London
branch. Following that recognition, the Turkish Parliament requested
that the British Parliament cancelled the so-called “Blue Book,”
a book published by British statesman Viscount Bryce in 1916 and
containing accounts and facts on the Genocide.