PARLIAMENT OF SPAIN CAN DISCUSS ISSUE OF RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE

MADRID, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Representatives
of the Armenian comunity of Spain addressed to deputies from Catalonia
Rosa Bonas and Joan Puigcercos with a call to organize discussions at
the Spanish Parliament on the issue of the Armenian Genocide committed
in the Ottaman Empire in the early 20th century. The deputies presented
a corresponding proposal to the Parliament Committee on Foreign
Affairs and persuaded their colleagues to recognize the Armenian
Genocide as a crime against mankind. Later, Rosa Bonas informed the
Turkish "Anatolia" information agency that they made changes in the
draft resolution, taking out the article in which Ankara is called
to recognize the Armenian Genocide. At the same time, Bonas stated
that she has always had special attitude towards communities small
in number, and she heard about the Armenian Genocide only after the
Spanish Armenians’ letter. Turkish Ambassador Volkan Vular said to
the Foreign Ministry and Parliament of Spain that in the case of
holding the proposed discussions, the Turkish-Spanish relations would
be damaged.