IN OCTOBER CITY COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH TO VIEW ISSUE OF RECOGNITION OF
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY
YEREVAN, AUGUST 18. ARMINFO. Mayor of Scotland’s capital Donald
Anderson plans to include the issue on the recognition of Armenian
Genocide in the agenda of the sittings of the city Council in Oct,
2005. “I got acquainted with the problem of the recognition of the
Genocide three years ago, when the Memory Day of victims of genocides
was commemorated, and Armenian Genocide of the beginning of the 20th
century was a part of that”, Anderson informed to radio Liberty. Then
a seminar was organized at the request oft he Armenian community
in Edinburgh, which covered the events of the beginning of the 20th
century in Ottoman Turkey. During the seminar the participants passe
a resolution to call on the authorities of Scotland to recognize
Armenian Genocide.
The Turkish embassy in Great Britain, as well as representatives of
the Turkish community in Edinburgh expressed their concern on the
occasion of the statements of the mayor of Edinburgh. In response
Donald Anderson said that he had examined the historical document,
which don’t leave a doubt that a Genocide was perpetrated against
the Armenian community in Ottoman Turkey. Besides, the mayor called
on Turkey to revise its position regarding this problem. The Turkish
side required to give it an opportunity to hold its seminar. “We gave
a consent for holding such a seminar, but in the nearest future the
city Council of Edinburgh will discuss this issue”.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress