ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: CANADIAN PREMIER DOES NOT CAVE IN TURKEY’S BLACKMAIL

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.04.2007 14:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We are well aware of the pressure and the threats
by Turkey in the Armenian Genocide issue," Executive Director of the
Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) Aris Babikian stated to
the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. "Fortunately Prime Minister of Canada
does not cave in Turkey’s blackmail. He stood firm to his principled
stand vis-a-vis the Armenian Genocide issue," Babikian underlined. In
his annual address in connection with the 92nd anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide Harper reminded the both chambers of the Canadian
Parliament have adopted a resolution that recognizes the first genocide
of the 20th century.

Canadian Prime Minister Harper was warned through diplomatic channels
last week that "repeating these claims annually will not help in
normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations and will harm Turkish-Canadian
bilateral relations as well." "We hope that the Canadian PM will not
repeat this year what he did last year," a high-level Turkish Foreign
Ministry official said, the Turkish Daily News reports.