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    BRITISH JUSTICE MINISTER TELLS ERDOGAN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL WILL NOT PASS

    armradio.am
    17.03.2010 16:16

    British Justice Minister Jack Straw on Tuesday assured Turkey's Prime
    Minister that Parliament would not pass a resolution recognizing the
    Ottoman-era killings of Armenians as genocide, CNNTurk reported.

    "The chance of this becoming law is zero. I can assure everyone on
    this issue, Straw said.

    After the Swedish parliament adopted an Armenian genocide resolution
    last week, many have turned their attention to the British Parliament,
    where a draft will be submitted to a House of Commons committee after
    a second reading on April 30.

    If it is approved, an Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day will be
    established in the country.

    "The English government and the opposition do not support this draft,"
    Straw said.

    The British committee is scheduled to hold its last evaluation in
    late March; the first reading of the draft was made Jan. 6. A similar
    draft will follow the same process in the British House of Lords.
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