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AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN SLAMS AZERBAIJAN'S OTTOMAN POLICY AGAINST ARMENIANS
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 10, 2011 - 10:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The longest serving member of Australia's New South
Wales State Parliament, Rev. Fred Nile, declared in a Parliamentary
Statement that the Azerbaijani persecution of Nagorno Karabakh
Armenians was based upon the genocidal policy undertaken by the
Ottoman Turkish Government against Armenians in the early part of
the 20th century, Asbarez reported.
Nile, who recently attended the national Armenian Genocide
commemoration in Sydney, rose in Parliament to describe the horrendous
legacy of this crime against humanity.
"The lack of an appropriate punishment for the Ottoman perpetrators
led their Turkic brethren in Azerbaijan to brazenly adopt the same
genocidal policy with respect to the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh,"
he said.
Nile then described Azerbaijan's continued threats against the civilian
Armenian population of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, concluding
that the only means of preventing a second Armenian Genocide was for
the world to acknowledge Nagorno Karabakh's independence.
"Tonight, in the New South Wales Parliament I place on record my
support for the application of the principle of self-determination
for the people and the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The Azerbaijani
Government announced it would shoot down civilian aircraft in Nagorno
Karabakh, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Allyev declared that
Azerbaijan would pursue a military solution to the issue of Nagorno
Karabakh. These actions and threats prove that in order to prevent
a second Armenian genocide and secure a lasting peace, the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic must never be placed under Azerbaijani rule."
"Never again must the Armenian people, particularly Armenian
Christians, suffer the threat of genocide or experience it in any
shape or form. I call on the nations of the world to support the
people of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in seeking self-determination
and freedom to live and practice their religion, the Christian faith."
In his statement, Nile also described the mass murder of Greeks and
Assyrians in the early part of the 20th century as a defining example
of genocide paving the way for the NSW Parliament to pass a motion
acknowledging this historical reality.
Nile, who has earned the unofficial title "Father of the House" for
serving in Parliament since 1981, was present at the 1997 sitting
when the NSW Parliament passed the motion of the Armenian Genocide.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 10, 2011 - 10:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The longest serving member of Australia's New South
Wales State Parliament, Rev. Fred Nile, declared in a Parliamentary
Statement that the Azerbaijani persecution of Nagorno Karabakh
Armenians was based upon the genocidal policy undertaken by the
Ottoman Turkish Government against Armenians in the early part of
the 20th century, Asbarez reported.
Nile, who recently attended the national Armenian Genocide
commemoration in Sydney, rose in Parliament to describe the horrendous
legacy of this crime against humanity.
"The lack of an appropriate punishment for the Ottoman perpetrators
led their Turkic brethren in Azerbaijan to brazenly adopt the same
genocidal policy with respect to the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh,"
he said.
Nile then described Azerbaijan's continued threats against the civilian
Armenian population of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, concluding
that the only means of preventing a second Armenian Genocide was for
the world to acknowledge Nagorno Karabakh's independence.
"Tonight, in the New South Wales Parliament I place on record my
support for the application of the principle of self-determination
for the people and the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The Azerbaijani
Government announced it would shoot down civilian aircraft in Nagorno
Karabakh, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Allyev declared that
Azerbaijan would pursue a military solution to the issue of Nagorno
Karabakh. These actions and threats prove that in order to prevent
a second Armenian genocide and secure a lasting peace, the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic must never be placed under Azerbaijani rule."
"Never again must the Armenian people, particularly Armenian
Christians, suffer the threat of genocide or experience it in any
shape or form. I call on the nations of the world to support the
people of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in seeking self-determination
and freedom to live and practice their religion, the Christian faith."
In his statement, Nile also described the mass murder of Greeks and
Assyrians in the early part of the 20th century as a defining example
of genocide paving the way for the NSW Parliament to pass a motion
acknowledging this historical reality.
Nile, who has earned the unofficial title "Father of the House" for
serving in Parliament since 1981, was present at the 1997 sitting
when the NSW Parliament passed the motion of the Armenian Genocide.