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Subject: Authorities and Public of Slavyansk-On-Kuban Against Turkey in EU

AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC OF SLAVYANSK-ON-KUBAN AGAINST TURKEY ENTERING
EUROPEAN UNION

KRASNODAR, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The “round table”
of the public-political organization of the city of
Slavyansk-on-Kuban, dedicated to the 91st anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide in the Ottaman Turkey, took place on April 19 in the Slavonic
State Pedagogical Institute. Sergey Shishkaryov, a Deputy of the State
Duma of the Russian Federation (“Yedinaya Rossia” (United Russia)
faction) made the welcome speech to the participants of the “round
table.” According to the “Yerkramas” (country) newspaper of the
Armenians of Russia, during the “round table” in which representatives
of the administration and public-political organizations of
Slavyansk-on-Kuban and the Slavonic region, the following questions
were discussed: the Armenian Genocide as a crime against the humanity
and mankind; international recognition of the fact of the Armenian
Genocide and legal responsibility of Turkey; official recognition of
Turkey itself and its condemnation of that crime; ideology of
Panturkism as a real threat for Europe and the world; ways of just
liquidation of consequences of the Armenian Genocide; solution of the
Hay Dat (Armenian cause) based on the international law. The film “I
Accuse” prepared by the “Yerkir-Media” (Armenia) TV company was shown
to the participants of the event. Tatyana Kovalyova, the deputy head
of Slavyansk-on-Kuban addressed to the participants of the “round
table” on behalf of the city administration. On the initiative of the
city authorities, “Memory Hour” will be held on April 24 in schools of
Slavyansk-on-Kuban. It will be dedicated to the tragic date and the
film “I Accuse” and a reporting about holding the “round table” will
be broadcast by the local television. A resolution was held according
to results of the “round table”, in which it is particularly said:
“Participants of the April 19, 2006, “round table” of the public of
the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban of the region of Krasnodar, based on
irrefutable historic facts, proving massacres of Armenians in the
territory of Western Armenia in 1915-1922…, mentioning that the
physical annihilation of the Armenian people in its historic
Fatherland was implemented with the goals of fulfilling Panturkist
ideas about creation of the Great Turan in the territory of Middle
Asia to Balkans, involving Povolzhye, Urals, Crimea, Southern and
Northern Caucasus, condemn organizers of annihilations of Armenians in
1915-1922, express their symphathy to the Armenian people and consider
April 24 as the Day of Memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.

Participants of the “round table” of the public of Slavyansk-on-Kuban
of the region of Krasnodar consider impossible Turkey’s entering the
European family of peoples, until the crime conducted by the
authorities of Turkey in 1915 against the native Armenian
inhabitation, will not be recognized and condemned by the heads of
present Turkey, and call on the authorities of the European states to
call on the authorities of Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide.”
Vladimir Goncharov, the administration head of the Slavonic region,
the Secretary of the Political Council of the “Yedinaya Rossia” party
of the Slavonic region, Ataman of Cossacks’ army of the Slavonic
region; Tatyana Kovalyova, the Slavyansk-on-Kuban deputy head of
municipal education; Yuri Bobirenko, the Chairman of the War and Labor
Veterans’ Council of the Slavonic region; Anaida Meltonian, the
Chairwoman of the “Meridian” international friendship club; Tigran
Tavadian, the editor-in-chief of the “Yerkramas” newspaper of
Armenians of Russia; Vyacheslav Nikoev, the Chairman of the Armenian
Culture Association of the Slavonic region; Mikhail Kuzub, the Deputy
Chairman of the Scientific Information-Cultural Center “Hamshen”,
Eduard Pogosov, a Honourary Member of the “Luys” Armenian Culture
Association of the city of Novorosiysk, others signed the resolution.