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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMS MOTIONS RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2006 21:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Mackay,
in response to Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis' (Scarborough-Agincourt)
question, reaffirmed today Canadian Government's policy on the
Armenian Genocide, reports the Armenian National Committee of Canada
(ANCC). Mackay stated that the Government reaffirmed the motions
of the Senate of Canada and the House of Commons, recognizing the
Armenian Genocide. At the end of the Question Period the Speaker of
the House invited the members of the House to observe a minute of
silence in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Earlier
in the day a delegation from the ANCC and its regional chapters,
headed by Hagop Der Khachadourian, ANCC International, and Archbishop
Khajak Hagopian, prelate of the Armenian Church of Canada, visited
the Armenian Embassy to lay a wreath at the monument dedicated to the
victims of the Armenian Genocide. The House of Commons had a session
where Genocide affirmation statements were made by the representative
of all political parties.
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2006 21:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Mackay,
in response to Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis' (Scarborough-Agincourt)
question, reaffirmed today Canadian Government's policy on the
Armenian Genocide, reports the Armenian National Committee of Canada
(ANCC). Mackay stated that the Government reaffirmed the motions
of the Senate of Canada and the House of Commons, recognizing the
Armenian Genocide. At the end of the Question Period the Speaker of
the House invited the members of the House to observe a minute of
silence in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Earlier
in the day a delegation from the ANCC and its regional chapters,
headed by Hagop Der Khachadourian, ANCC International, and Archbishop
Khajak Hagopian, prelate of the Armenian Church of Canada, visited
the Armenian Embassy to lay a wreath at the monument dedicated to the
victims of the Armenian Genocide. The House of Commons had a session
where Genocide affirmation statements were made by the representative
of all political parties.