CONFERENCE ON PROBLEM OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL IN UK HELD IN LONDON

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.06.2007 18:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The parliamentary group of Armenians of Great Britain
(BAAPPG), Armenia Solidarity, The Armenian Genocide Trust and Aegis
Trust held a conference titled "Genocide denial and ‘moral of foreign
policy’ of UK government". Representative of the interparliamentary
group David Drew, Aegis Trust executive director James Smith,
Armenia’s Ambassador to UK Vahe Gabrielyan made speeches. Member of
the Jewish community Ruth Barnett remarked on moral consequences of
genocide denial.

Mr James Smith drew a parallel between the Armenian Genocide and the
genocide in Darfur. The governments acted the same way in both cases,
according to him. Mr Smith also reminded of the attempt to close the
UN exhibit dedicated to the Rwandan Genocide.

For his part, Armenian Ambassador to UK Vahe Gabrielyan noted the
necessity of events of the kind for prevention of genocides by joint
efforts.

"Armenia, like the whole international community, describes the events
in Darfur as genocide and exerts efforts for prevention of genocides
in future," the diplomat said, the RA MFA press office reports.