ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE HELD IN SLAVYANSK-ON-KUBAN

Yerkir
18.04.2006 12:21

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – Round-table discussions dated to the anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey will be held in the Slavonic
State Pedagogical Institute, reported Yerkramas, the newspaper of
Armenians of Russia.

Representatives of political and public organizations of
Slavyansk-on-Kuban will discuss the following issues: the Armenian
Genocide as a crime against humanity, international recognition
of the Armenian Genocide, official acknowledgment of the crime by
Turkey, the pan-turkism ideology as a challenge to Europe and world,
ways of fair liquidation of consequences of the Armenian Genocide,
Hat Dat decision on the basis of international law.

The event participants will be shown a film titled “I condemn” shot
by Yerkir Media TV Company and dated to the 90th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. A resolution will be passed upon completion of
the discussions. The discussions were welcomed by a number of Russian
political figures including Russian State Duma member Sergey Shishkarev
(United Russia faction).