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Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria
March 7 2008
Bulgaria Capital to Recognize Armenian Genocide
7 March 2008, Friday
The group of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party in the
Sofia City Council tabled a report with proposals to recognize and
denounce the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1922.
The motives of the draft document states that 10 countries, 35 US
states, many municipal councils in Europe, a number of European
capitals, and the European Parliament had acknowledged the existence
of the Armenian Genocide.
"We suggest that Bulgaria's capital join the cities and countries
which have denounced the genocide", the draft declares.
DSB also wants to declare April 24 Day of Remembering the Armenian
Holocaust Victims. "Many of the more than a million Armenian
expatriates found their new home in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian people
only gained from their and their descendants' presence in its
country", the party led by former MP Ivan Kostov states.
The Bulgarian Parliament already rejected the motions made by the
Ataka and the VMRO parties to recognize the Armenian genocide. The
main opposition to them came from the ethnic Turkish Movement for
Rights and Freedoms, which is a junior partner in the governing
three-way coalition.
The motion was supported by the only MP from Sofia Mayor Boyko
Borisov's GERB party Lachezar Ivanov. GERB has a majority in the
Sofia City Council.
March 7 2008
Bulgaria Capital to Recognize Armenian Genocide
7 March 2008, Friday
The group of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party in the
Sofia City Council tabled a report with proposals to recognize and
denounce the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1922.
The motives of the draft document states that 10 countries, 35 US
states, many municipal councils in Europe, a number of European
capitals, and the European Parliament had acknowledged the existence
of the Armenian Genocide.
"We suggest that Bulgaria's capital join the cities and countries
which have denounced the genocide", the draft declares.
DSB also wants to declare April 24 Day of Remembering the Armenian
Holocaust Victims. "Many of the more than a million Armenian
expatriates found their new home in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian people
only gained from their and their descendants' presence in its
country", the party led by former MP Ivan Kostov states.
The Bulgarian Parliament already rejected the motions made by the
Ataka and the VMRO parties to recognize the Armenian genocide. The
main opposition to them came from the ethnic Turkish Movement for
Rights and Freedoms, which is a junior partner in the governing
three-way coalition.
The motion was supported by the only MP from Sofia Mayor Boyko
Borisov's GERB party Lachezar Ivanov. GERB has a majority in the
Sofia City Council.