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BULGARIA'S RUSE RECOGNIZES OTTOMAN GENOCIDE OVER BULGARIANS AND ARMENIANS
Sofia News Agency
April 17 2008
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian city of Ruse recognized officially the Ottoman genocide
over Bulgarians and Armenians on Thursday. Photo by vwt.d2g.com:8081/
The Municipal Council of the northern Bulgarian city of Ruse approved
Thursday a declaration denouncing the genocide carried out by the
Ottoman Empire and later its Young Turks' government against its
Armenian and Bulgarian population.
"With the adoption of this declaration, the city counselors proved
their responsibility and their compassion to the universal human
values, and demonstrated their civic consciousness and morals",
announced the representatives of the nationalist Ataka party, which
initiated the voting of the declaration.
Ataka expressed its hope that similar declarations would be adopted
by the city and town councils around the country. These declarations
should be treated as a kind of referendum, with whose decisions the
Bulgarian government and parliament would have to comply.
The city of Burgas already approved a declaration recognizing the
Armenian genocide at the end of February. This lead to a harsh reaction
on part of the Turkish city of Edirne, which terminated all common
projects, and severed all connections between the two cities.
Sofia News Agency
April 17 2008
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian city of Ruse recognized officially the Ottoman genocide
over Bulgarians and Armenians on Thursday. Photo by vwt.d2g.com:8081/
The Municipal Council of the northern Bulgarian city of Ruse approved
Thursday a declaration denouncing the genocide carried out by the
Ottoman Empire and later its Young Turks' government against its
Armenian and Bulgarian population.
"With the adoption of this declaration, the city counselors proved
their responsibility and their compassion to the universal human
values, and demonstrated their civic consciousness and morals",
announced the representatives of the nationalist Ataka party, which
initiated the voting of the declaration.
Ataka expressed its hope that similar declarations would be adopted
by the city and town councils around the country. These declarations
should be treated as a kind of referendum, with whose decisions the
Bulgarian government and parliament would have to comply.
The city of Burgas already approved a declaration recognizing the
Armenian genocide at the end of February. This lead to a harsh reaction
on part of the Turkish city of Edirne, which terminated all common
projects, and severed all connections between the two cities.