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ANC CANADA ANGERED OVER QUESTIONABLE MONUMENT
asbarez
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Armenian National Committee of Canada
OTTAWA-According to media reports and following months of unexplained
secrecy, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and Ottawa's National
Capital Commission have allowed the installation of a monument
reportedly commemorating the 30th anniversary of the killing of an
official of the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa.
Terrorism must be condemned, especially by countries and organizations
that work toward social justice and human rights. All Armenian-Canadian
organizations have and continue to condemn terrorism, be it terrorism
that is state-sponsored or terrorism committed by individuals or
groups.
It is, however, disappointing that the Turkish Government's propaganda
and rhetoric directly and indirectly insinuates and associates the
said act with Armenians. No culprit has been apprehended for the act.
Nevertheless, Turkish authorities continue to make unfounded
accusations, and pressure Canadian authorities to focus unjustified
investigations on Armenian-Canadians that are an integral part of
the Canadian community.
Dr. Girair Basmadjian, President of the Armenian National Committee of
Canada expressed his concerns, stating: "We hope that this monument,
imported from Turkey in undue secrecy, does not create tensions
between communities in Canada. I question the intentions of the
sponsors. Considering that the monument was made and imported from
Turkey it would have been appropriate to have included the dedication
to victims of state sponsored terrorism." Dr. Basmadjian added, "as
part of its decades-old tactics of denial of the Armenian Genocide,
Turkey continues to find ways of creating opportunities to deflect the
focus of attention from its responsibility as a Genocide perpetrator
and human rights abuser."
The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian
grassroots political organization. Working in coordination with a
network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and
affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances
the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range
of issues.
From: Baghdasarian
asbarez
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Armenian National Committee of Canada
OTTAWA-According to media reports and following months of unexplained
secrecy, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and Ottawa's National
Capital Commission have allowed the installation of a monument
reportedly commemorating the 30th anniversary of the killing of an
official of the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa.
Terrorism must be condemned, especially by countries and organizations
that work toward social justice and human rights. All Armenian-Canadian
organizations have and continue to condemn terrorism, be it terrorism
that is state-sponsored or terrorism committed by individuals or
groups.
It is, however, disappointing that the Turkish Government's propaganda
and rhetoric directly and indirectly insinuates and associates the
said act with Armenians. No culprit has been apprehended for the act.
Nevertheless, Turkish authorities continue to make unfounded
accusations, and pressure Canadian authorities to focus unjustified
investigations on Armenian-Canadians that are an integral part of
the Canadian community.
Dr. Girair Basmadjian, President of the Armenian National Committee of
Canada expressed his concerns, stating: "We hope that this monument,
imported from Turkey in undue secrecy, does not create tensions
between communities in Canada. I question the intentions of the
sponsors. Considering that the monument was made and imported from
Turkey it would have been appropriate to have included the dedication
to victims of state sponsored terrorism." Dr. Basmadjian added, "as
part of its decades-old tactics of denial of the Armenian Genocide,
Turkey continues to find ways of creating opportunities to deflect the
focus of attention from its responsibility as a Genocide perpetrator
and human rights abuser."
The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian
grassroots political organization. Working in coordination with a
network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and
affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances
the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range
of issues.
From: Baghdasarian