Spain Withdraws Alleged Armenian Genocide Draft
By Anadolu News Agency (aa), Madrid
Zaman Online
09.21.2006 Thursday – ISTANBUL 09:32
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
zaman.com
It has been reported that a proposal on the alleged Armenian genocide
submitted to the Spanish parliament by two deputies from the extreme
nationalist Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) Party was withdrawn
following efforts made by the Turkish Madrid Embassy to prevent
its adoption.
The draft proposal, submitted to the Spanish parliament’s foreign
affairs commission in June by Rosa M. Bonas and Joan Puigcercosi from
the ERC, was withdrawn without parliamentary discussion.
Following its submission, Turkey’s ambassador to Madrid, Volkan Vural,
communicated with authorities from the Spanish foreign ministry and
parliament, and sent letters to the MPs who put forward the proposal
as well as to Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission, Josep Duran
Lleida, in an effort to prevent its adoption.
Ambassador Vural stressed in the letters that the adoption of the
proposal would be harmful to the bilateral relations between Turkey
and Spain.
Ambassador Vural lastly met with Catalan Deputy Maria Bonas and
convinced her to withdraw the proposal.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress