INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO TAKE PLACE IN SENATE OF CZECHIA

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 04 2006

PRAGUE, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. One-day international
conference on the theme “Armenian Genocide” takes place at the
upper chamber of the Parliament of Czechia, Senate, on April
4. According to Radio Liberty, initiators of the first similar
event in Czechia are the Armenian Club acting in Prague and Jaromir
Stetina, a Senate member. Professor Vahakn Dadrian, the Director
of the Genocides Researches Center of the Zoryan Institute makes
analysis of the documents concerning the Armenian Genocide, existing
in Turkish archives. Tessa Hoffman, a famous German public figure
will observe the issue of recognition of the Armenian Genocide from
the viewpoint of protection of human rights, and Hilda Choboyan,
the Chairwoman of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and
Democracy will touch upon the role of the European Union in the
issue of the recognition. Yelda Ozchan, a Turk historian living in
Germany presents the Turkish viewpoint at the conference. Armenia is
represented at the conference at the state level: Arman Kirakosian,
the RA Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia arrived in Prague.