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    GREEK MINISTERS PUSH FOR RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CLAIMS

    The New Anatolian
    April 18 2006

    Greek state ministers yesterday increased pressure on Turkey and on
    the international community to recognize Armenian genocide claims
    before next week's annual commemoration of the claims.

    While Greek Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopulos expressed hope
    that the Armenians would soon receive the respect they "deserve"
    from the international community, Deputy Foreign Minister Teodoros
    Kasimis urged Ankara to recognize the genocide claims.

    "The genocide conducted against the Armenian nation will never be
    erased from the minds of Greeks," said Minister Pavlopulos in his
    letter sent to the Armenian National Commission ahead of April 24,
    the date that Armenians commemorate genocide claims.

    "Ninety-one years have passed since the genocide. The Greek
    Parliament's recognition of the commemoration day aims to honor and
    commemorate the innocent victims of the genocide. The decision also
    represents our responsibility in preventing the repetition of such
    events in the future," Pavlopulos said.

    During his speech at a meeting organized by Armenians in Athens,
    Minister Kasimis expressed Greek support to the Armenian genocide
    claims, saying, "Turkey should accept its past mistakes to draw
    lessons from them in order to avoid any repetition of events."
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