LABOUR’S DEVELOPMENT AID SPOKESPERSON NOEL FARRUGIA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT OF MALTA TO RECOGNISE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

ArmInfo
2008-12-16 11:50:00

ArmInfo. In a parliamentary question last week Malta Labour’s
development aid spokesperson Noel Farrugia proposed tabling a motion to
condemn the Armenian genocide. As Malta Today reports, Farrugia asked
Foreign Minister of Malta Tonio Borg whether the government intends
to present a motion to condemn the Armenian genocide, committed by
the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917. Foreign Minister Tonio
Borg insists that Malta is under no obligation to condemn the
Armenian genocide, but would be abiding by a 21-year-old resolution
approved by the European Parliament calling on all EU member states
"to dedicate a day to the memory of the genocide and crimes against
humanity perpetrated in the 20th century, specifically against the
Armenians and Jews". The government intends to institute a day of
remembrance in which parliament will rise to commemorate the victims
of genocide and crimes against humanity.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress