AZERBAIJANI MPS TO LOBBY AGAINST GENOCIDE BILL IN ISRAEL
news.az
May 3 2010
Azerbaijan
Yevda Abramov Members of the Azerbaijani-Israeli inter-parliamentary
group will leave for Tel Aviv on 4 May.
‘The Azerbaijani parliamentarians will do their utmost during the
visit to Israel to prevent the Knesset adopting the resolution
on the Armenian genocide,’ Milli Majlis Deputy Yevda Abramov told
Novosti-Azerbaijan today.
The Azerbaijani MPs will discuss the development of bilateral
relations in different spheres, including on the parliamentary level,
Yevda Abramov said, but the main issue on the agenda is the genocide
question.
The Meretz faction in the Knesset has proposed recognizing the killings
of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as ‘genocide’.
He said the Azerbaijani deputies would try to persuade Israeli
parliamentarians that discussion and recognition of the ‘Armenian
genocide’ did not meet the national interests of Israel.
‘Tel Aviv understands full well that the recognition of the
"Armenian genocide" by Israel will damage relations between Israel
and Azerbaijan,’ Abramov said.
Yevda Abramov represents the Jewish community of Azerbaijan.