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    DENMARK DOES NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE

    arminfo
    2008-01-21 09:43:00

    ArmInfo. Denmark does not officially recognize that Ottoman massacres
    of Armenians during World War I constitute a "genocide", Danish Foreign
    Minister Per Stig Moeller said in a written parliamentary answer.

    As AFP reports, "In the government's opinion, this is a historical
    question that should be left up to the historians," Moeller wrote in
    a written parliamentary answer, indicating that Denmark would not
    follow the lead of some 20 other pro-armenian countries, including
    France, that have labeled the killings "genocide" despite the position
    of historians.Moeller's note came in response to a question from
    extremist parliamentary member Morten Messerchmidt, of the far-right
    Danish People's Party and close to armenian lobby in Denmark, on
    whether "Denmark had officially recognized this genocide.""It is
    unfortunate that the Danish government refuses to join other countries
    in recognizing this genocide," Messerschmidt told AFP.
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