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CYPRUS HOUSE PRESIDENT URGES ARMENIANS FOR COMMON EFFORTS AGAINST TURKISH VIOLATIONS
ARMENPRESS
24 April, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: The Cyprus House of Representatives was
among the first to recognize the Armenian Genocide, has pointed out
House President Yiannakis Omirou, speaking at an event commemorating
the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Committee in Cyprus, reports Armenpress
citing CNA.
"I want to emphasize that the House of Representatives of Cyprus, in
response to a fair request for recognizing of the Armenian Genocide,
along with the Greek Parliament, was among the first parliaments to
condemn the Turkish crime and to support the demand for international
recognition", said Omirou.
Deploring human rights violations by the Turkish state against ethnic
groups in and outside Turkey, and even against Turkish citizens,
Omirou emphasized the need for a collective effort and cooperation
to put Turkish state in the dock.
"Our duty is to keep the Turkish state under the glare of intense
international publicity until they are required to comply with
international law and respect human rights", he added.
He also noted that solidarity of Cyprus and the wider Hellenism
to other ethnic groups affected by the Turkish chauvinism is a
prerequisite to successfully address Turkish expansionism in Cyprus,
the Aegean and Thrace.
ARMENPRESS
24 April, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: The Cyprus House of Representatives was
among the first to recognize the Armenian Genocide, has pointed out
House President Yiannakis Omirou, speaking at an event commemorating
the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Committee in Cyprus, reports Armenpress
citing CNA.
"I want to emphasize that the House of Representatives of Cyprus, in
response to a fair request for recognizing of the Armenian Genocide,
along with the Greek Parliament, was among the first parliaments to
condemn the Turkish crime and to support the demand for international
recognition", said Omirou.
Deploring human rights violations by the Turkish state against ethnic
groups in and outside Turkey, and even against Turkish citizens,
Omirou emphasized the need for a collective effort and cooperation
to put Turkish state in the dock.
"Our duty is to keep the Turkish state under the glare of intense
international publicity until they are required to comply with
international law and respect human rights", he added.
He also noted that solidarity of Cyprus and the wider Hellenism
to other ethnic groups affected by the Turkish chauvinism is a
prerequisite to successfully address Turkish expansionism in Cyprus,
the Aegean and Thrace.