ISRAEL PARLIAMENT TO HOLD HEARING ON SO-CALLED ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE"

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
March 14 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend I.Alizade / On 14 March the Knesset
(Parliament) of Israel will hold a hearing regarding the so-called
Armenian "genocide".

The Deputy of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Evda Abramov, stated that
the hearing has been initiated by the pro-Armenian party Meres.

"Meres is a radical opposition party and is represented in Knesset
by five deputies. They have no power. They could not even make up a
faction in Parliament," he said. According to Abramov, the Head of
the Israeli Parliament and the parties represented do not support
discussions on the so-called Armenian "genocide". He stressed that
many deputies have stated beforehand that they will not participate
in the hearing.

"The position of the Israeli State and Parliament on the so-called
Armenian "genocide" is clear. The Israeli State considers that
such event did not take place. Israel is a democratic country and
each member of Knesset has the right to take the initiative. It is
impossible to interfere with this. I spoke with the members of the
Israeli-Azerbaijani Inter-Parliamentary Friendly Group and they noted
that should those who members who have taken the initiative insist on
having these discussions, they then will also respond with speeches and
prove that the Armenian "genocide" is false and absurd," Abramov added.

According to him, the inclusion of this issue on the agenda at the
meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on 14
March is not accidental. " Armenia is involved here," Abramov said.