PARLIAMENT OF SWEDEN APPROVES RESOLUTION ON "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
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March 11 2010
Azerbaijan
Parliament of Sweden approved a resolution on the so-called "Armenian
genocide" with one majority of vote, CNN Turk reported.
Voting ended on Thursday evening.
A week ago, the U.S. House of Representatives committee on foreign
affairs adopted a resolution recognizing the so-called "Armenian
Genocide." The resolution was adopted with 23 votes for and 22 votes
against.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby state that the predecessor of Turkey
– the Ottoman empire committed "genocide" against Armenians living
in Anatolia in 1915. Armenians willing to recognize this fact in
the world by strengthening propaganda of the so-called "genocide"
in the world countries, achieved its recognition by the parliaments
of some countries.