BULGARIAN CITY OF RUSE RECOGNIZES FACT OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Noyan Tapan
April 17, 2008
RUSE, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The city council of
Ruse (Bulgaria) adopted a special resolution on recognition of the
fact of the Armenian Genocide, Cihan news agency reported.
So Ruse has become the 4th Bulgarian city (after Burgas, Plovdiv and
Stara Zagora) to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
To recap, last month the city council of Sophia postponed adoption of
a resolution on th Armenian Genocide. According to the Turkish press,
the Bulgarian government prevented discussions on adoption of the
Armenian bill.
Arguing that such a step may harm Turkish-Bulgarian relations, the
government prevented discussion of the bill during the visit of the
Turkish prim minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Bulgaria.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Noyan Tapan
April 17, 2008
RUSE, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The city council of
Ruse (Bulgaria) adopted a special resolution on recognition of the
fact of the Armenian Genocide, Cihan news agency reported.
So Ruse has become the 4th Bulgarian city (after Burgas, Plovdiv and
Stara Zagora) to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
To recap, last month the city council of Sophia postponed adoption of
a resolution on th Armenian Genocide. According to the Turkish press,
the Bulgarian government prevented discussions on adoption of the
Armenian bill.
Arguing that such a step may harm Turkish-Bulgarian relations, the
government prevented discussion of the bill during the visit of the
Turkish prim minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Bulgaria.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress