news.am, Armenia
March 26 2010

Caroline Cox urges British government to recognize Genocide

15:26 / 03/26/2010 Baroness Caroline Cox called on British Government
to recognize Armenian Genocide, Asbarez reports. In her article on
ePolitix.com, she noted that the question is timely due to three
reasons. First, approval of Genocide Resolution by Swedish Parliament,
secondly the publication last October of `Was there an Armenian
Genocide?’ by Geoffrey Robertson. According to her, the third reason
is that on the threshold of Genocide’s 95th anniversary recognition is
`long overdue.’

She deems that recognition of Armenian Genocide will prevent genocides
against other nations in the future, recalling "Hitler’s reference to
the Armenian Genocide before he embarked on the extension of the
Holocaust in Poland: `Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation
of the Armenians?’

Cox mentions that Turkish government’s active efforts directed towards
rejection of Genocide recognition initiative might be tragic. She is
confident that refusal to acknowledge the truth might prevent `genuine
reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey.’ And finally, `refusal to
recognize historical reality of any genocide can serve as an
encouragement to other potential perpetrators, who will believe that
they can get away with similar genocides with impunity.’