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EAFJD: to pass in silence over Genocide becomes a serious act of
complicity with Turkish denials
13.10.2007 14:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `We greet the political courage of the deputies of
the Foreign Affairs Committee which knew how to reject the cynicism of
Ankara’ declared Hilda Tchoboian, the President of the Euro-Armenian
Federation, and continued, `We also want to pay tribute to the
hundreds of American activists, organizations of defense of the human
rights, people from all religions, all minorities, and to the Armenian
organizations of the United States which carried out this struggle of
civilization against cruelty’.

The Euro-Armenian Federation points out that Mr. Babacan, with whom
Europe negotiates the accession of Turkey, recently threatened openly
the Jewish minority of Turkey because the United States Jewish
community supports the resolution H.R.106. It also informs that the
Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr Erdogan has asked the Turkish Parliament,
which is controlled by his party, the AKP, to authorize the invasion
of the North of Iraq in reprisal to the vote of the American
representatives. The U.S. State Department has issued a warning to the
American residents in Turkey of possible violence against them, the
EAFJD told PanARMENIAN.Net.

`These extreme and disproportionate measures show that the Turkish
government has a long way to go before reaching the values and use of
moderation which are those of Europe. They also prove that Turkey
which fallaciously sells to us that it is a factor of peace and
stability, in fact constitutes a regional threat’ continued the EAFJD
President.

`In the United States as in Europe, to pass in silence over the
Genocide becomes a serious act of complicity with the Turkish
denials. We expect the European Parliament to become, once again the
voice of conscience of Europe,’ concluded Hilda Tchoboian. The
Euro-Armenian Federation requests the European Parliament that it
demands, in all European acts and resolutions on Turkey, that the
latter stops its practice of denial. It announces that the 2nd
Convention of the Armenians of Europe which will be held in the
European Parliament on 15 and 16 October 2007, will pay tribute to the
European members of Parliament who voted, 20 years ago, the first
international recognition of the genocide. The session on the
afternoon of the 16th, will be dedicated to the topic of the
recognitions and the denials. Mr. Aram Hamparian, director of Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) will give an account of the vote
in the American congress.