SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER IS CONCERNED OVER THE FACT OF DISCOVERING MASS BURIAL OF ARMENIANS AND ASSYRIANS ON TURKISH TERRITORY
Yerevan, December 4. ArmInfo. On December 6, the Swedish Parliament
will hold hearings at Swedish MP Hans Linden’s request concerning the
mass burial site discovered on the territory of Turkey on October 17.
In Swedish historian David Gaunt’s opinion, these are the graves of
270 Armenians and Assyrians killed by the order of the Young Turks’
leadership of Mardin province.
The newspaper says that the Swedish Foreign Minister has already sent
the inquiry to the diplomatic representatives of Sweden in Ankara
and Istanbul. Besides, a special commission consisting of Swedish
diplomatic representatives have already left for Nusaybin county of
Mardin province to investigate the graves discovered by the residents
of Xirabebaba village.
According to the source, the Turkish authorities ordered to completely
close the access to the place of the mass burial site for journalists,
instead of holding their own investigation. The local police told mass
media representatives that the burial site is already covered up with
earth and the villagers are not allowed to show the way to the graves.