SWEDISH PARLIAMENT ENTERS INTO DISCUSSIONS ON GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

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March 11 2010
Armenia

March 11 at 3 p.m. Yerevan time, the Swedish Parliament started
discussion of the Armenian Genocide Resolution.

Bill on Armenian Genocide recognition has been proposed by three
oppositional parties: Social Democratic, Green and Left. The resolution
condemns Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire as well as genocides
against other nations.

DeutscheWelle reported that Swedish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs
Committee offered to reject the bill.

Resolutions on Armenian Genocide recognition have been proposed in
previous years, but were always thrown. This time, Social Democrats,
who used to vote against the bills, unanimously voted for it last
November.

178 Swedish MPs represent the Government, while 171 are left-wingers.

Thus, the bill will be rejected if the pro-government MPs vote against
it. However, three of fifteen MPs who put forward the resolution are
members of pro-governmental parties.