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Australian MP formally acknowledges the Armenian Genocide
armradio.am
12.05.2012 15:13
The Honourable John Ajaka formally acknowledged the historical reality
of the Armenian Genocide in a speech on the floor of the NSW
parliament this week and declared that Armenians had been forced out
of Western Armenia, the Armenian National Committee of Australia
reports.
Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Roads, Ajaka rose in the
Legislative Council to place on public record his condemnation of the
wholesale massacre and permanent displacement of Armenians from their
historical homeland.
"It is recognized that the tragedy began when 250 Armenian leaders and
intellectuals were arrested, deported and killed by the then Ottoman
Government,' said Ajaka.
"By the tragedy's end an estimated 1.5 million Armenians had been
killed. The Armenian population was also permanently displaced from
the lands of Western Armenia.'
`This genocide is a true example of the detrimental effects of
discrimination,' concluded Ajaka
Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) Executive
Director Varant Meguerditchian applauded the legislator for
highlighting the forced removal of the Armenian people from their
historic homeland in Western Armenia during the genocide.
"While Turkey continues to deny the events of the past and continues
to destroy culturally and historically valuable monuments in Western
Armenia, a resolution to the Armenian Genocide remains unlikely,' he
said.
"We thank Mr Ajaka for applying pressure on Turkey so that it may
bring about an end to its harmful policies and to instead build a
relationship with the Armenian people, based on true understanding and
respect.'
From: Baghdasarian
armradio.am
12.05.2012 15:13
The Honourable John Ajaka formally acknowledged the historical reality
of the Armenian Genocide in a speech on the floor of the NSW
parliament this week and declared that Armenians had been forced out
of Western Armenia, the Armenian National Committee of Australia
reports.
Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Roads, Ajaka rose in the
Legislative Council to place on public record his condemnation of the
wholesale massacre and permanent displacement of Armenians from their
historical homeland.
"It is recognized that the tragedy began when 250 Armenian leaders and
intellectuals were arrested, deported and killed by the then Ottoman
Government,' said Ajaka.
"By the tragedy's end an estimated 1.5 million Armenians had been
killed. The Armenian population was also permanently displaced from
the lands of Western Armenia.'
`This genocide is a true example of the detrimental effects of
discrimination,' concluded Ajaka
Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) Executive
Director Varant Meguerditchian applauded the legislator for
highlighting the forced removal of the Armenian people from their
historic homeland in Western Armenia during the genocide.
"While Turkey continues to deny the events of the past and continues
to destroy culturally and historically valuable monuments in Western
Armenia, a resolution to the Armenian Genocide remains unlikely,' he
said.
"We thank Mr Ajaka for applying pressure on Turkey so that it may
bring about an end to its harmful policies and to instead build a
relationship with the Armenian people, based on true understanding and
respect.'
From: Baghdasarian