AAE calls on European countries to condemn Turkey

20.03.2010 11:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Assembly of Armenians of Europe (AAE) has
slammed Turkish Prime Minister’s recent statement on possible
deportation of 100 thousand illegal Armenian migrants.

`This fact proves that Turkey exercises xenophobia and intolerant
attitude towards Armenians. It’s surprising that the head of a country
whose illegal immigrants live across Europe dares to make such a
statement. We call on the European community to condemn it and take
action to clarify the situation with human rights in Turkey. We also
call on all European states to recognize and condemn the Armenian
Genocide,’ the AAE said.

`There are 170 thousand Armenians living in Turkey. 70 thousand of
them are Turkish citizens. If necessary, I will tell the remaining 100
thousand to leave. I can do so because they are not Turkish citizens
and I’m not obliged to keep them in my country,’ Turkish PM Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this week.

The fierce reaction of the Turkish PM came after the adoption of the
Armenian Genocide resolution, H.Res.252, by the US House Foreign
Affairs Committee on March 4 and passage of a resolution recognizing
the Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians/Syrians/Chaldeans and Pontic
Greeks y the Swedish parliament on March 11.