AUSTRALIA NOT TO SEND OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO YEREVAN ON APRIL 24

13:57, 30.03.2015

Australia will not send an official representative for the
commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
in Yerevan, SBS reported quoting the Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade.

The Department refused to comment on the reasons for this decision
and on a question whether an official invitation had been received.

The Armenian National Committee of Australia’s Executive Director Vache
Kahramanian said it was “Ankara’s ongoing gag order on Australia on
the issue of the Armenian Genocide.”

“We’ve heard from many members of Parliament throughout the country
that Turkey continues to use Gallipoli and the centenary of Anzac
Day as a bargaining chip to ensure that Australia does not formally
recognise the Armenian genocide,” SBS quotes Kahramanian.

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