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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SPARKS SCANDAL BETWEEN TURKEY, AZERBAIJAN AND SLOVAKIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 12, 2012 - 14:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the Forum of Armenian Associations in
Europe (FAAE), a political scandal is flaring up in Azerbaijan and
Turkey with regard to Slovakia.
Many Turkish and Azerbaijani media outlets denied in November 2011 the
statement of Slovakia's Supreme Council chairman Stefan Harabin who
said Slovakia has been criminalizing the denial of Armenian Genocide
since September 2009.
The point is that Harabin had personally finalized the text of the
relevant law and submitted it to his country's parliament during his
office as Slovakia's Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
The media referred to the incorrect statement by Slovakian
ambassador to Armenia and Azerbaijan Josef Migaš saying that "the
law criminalizing the Armenian Genocide was never put in force in
Slovakia and it was not even discussed in the parliament."
FAAE head Ashot Grigoryan addressed Migaš demanding that the latter
should explain his blunder and warned him that this can cause a
serious scandal.
However, the ambassador never commented on this. Later, FAAE
representatives published an open letter to the ambassador of Slovakia
to Armenia and Azerbaijan saying that "necessary moves should be
undertaken to prevent the looming political scandal".
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 12, 2012 - 14:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the Forum of Armenian Associations in
Europe (FAAE), a political scandal is flaring up in Azerbaijan and
Turkey with regard to Slovakia.
Many Turkish and Azerbaijani media outlets denied in November 2011 the
statement of Slovakia's Supreme Council chairman Stefan Harabin who
said Slovakia has been criminalizing the denial of Armenian Genocide
since September 2009.
The point is that Harabin had personally finalized the text of the
relevant law and submitted it to his country's parliament during his
office as Slovakia's Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
The media referred to the incorrect statement by Slovakian
ambassador to Armenia and Azerbaijan Josef Migaš saying that "the
law criminalizing the Armenian Genocide was never put in force in
Slovakia and it was not even discussed in the parliament."
FAAE head Ashot Grigoryan addressed Migaš demanding that the latter
should explain his blunder and warned him that this can cause a
serious scandal.
However, the ambassador never commented on this. Later, FAAE
representatives published an open letter to the ambassador of Slovakia
to Armenia and Azerbaijan saying that "necessary moves should be
undertaken to prevent the looming political scandal".