BRITISH JUSTICE MINISTER TELLS ERDOGAN GENOCIDE BILL WON’T PASS
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British Justice Minister Jack Straw on Tuesday assured Turkey’s prime
minister that Parliament would not pass a resolution recognizing the
Armenian Genocide, CNNTurk reported, according to Hurriyet Daily News &
Economic Review.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in London on an
official visit Tuesday, during which he was scheduled to meet with
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
"The chance of this becoming law is zero," Straw said, according to
the CNNTurk website. "I can assure everyone on this issue."
After the Swedish parliament adopted an Armenian Genocide resolution
last week, many have turned their attention to the British Parliament,
where a draft will be submitted to a House of Commons committee after
a second reading on April 30.
If it is approved, an "Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day" will be
established in the country.
"The English government and the opposition do not support this draft,"
Straw said.
The British committee is scheduled to hold its last evaluation in
late March; the first reading of the draft was made Jan. 6. A similar
draft will follow the same process in the British House of Lords.