BRITISH PARLIAMENT NOT PUT TO VOTE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.03.2010 19:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Genocide resolution was not put to
a vote in the House of Lords, John Torosyan, head of the Armenian
community of Cardiff told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

On March 29 the House of Lords held hearings on events between 1915 –
1917 initiated by an independent MP, Baroness Caroline Cox. During the
debate, Lady Cox recalled that the Turkish government still denies
the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire and opposed its recognition
by the international community.

Speaking on behalf of the government, Baroness Kinnock recalled
that the fate of ethnic Armenians and other Christian minorities,
including Assyrians living in the Ottoman Empire, was discussed at
a cabinet meeting on October 21, 1915. However, she considered as
premature the adoption of the resolution.

During the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in
London, Minister of Justice Jack Straw promised the Turkish prime
minister that the Armenian Genocide resolution will not be put to
the vote.

On March 4 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign
Affairs approved the Res. 252 on the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Empire.

On March 11 the Parliament of Sweden adopted a similar resolution.