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UKRAINE PARLIAMENT SENDS BACK BILL ON ALLEGED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Aug 1 2013
1 August 2013, 20:22 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Ukrainian Rada (parliament) has refused to discuss the so-called
Armenian genocide issue.
The human rights and interethnic relations committee of the Ukrainian
parliament refused to submit a draft law on the recognition of the
alleged World War I-era genocide to the legislature for discussions.
Ethnic Armenian members of the Verkhovna Rada, Arsen Avakov (Yulia
Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna or Fatherland party) and Vilen Shatvoryan
(the ruling Party of Regions), had prepared the draft resolution and
the bill was registered by the Rada secretariat.
The parliamentary committee deemed adoption of such a document by
the Ukrainian parliament as "contrary to the reality."
Members of the committee pointed out that such documents could be
passed only after historians study the issue and arrive at a common
decision. Moreover, passage of such a document could undermine the
friendship among the nations living in Ukraine, they said.
In this regard, a message signed by a group of Rada members has been
sent to the Ukrainian Azerbaijanis Congress. The message says the bill
was sent back and there is no need for any discontent of Azerbaijanis
and other Turkic-speaking peoples living in Ukraine.
In June, the Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis (CUA), Azerbaijani
Youth Association of Ukraine and representatives of the Azerbaijani
Council of Elders in Ukraine sent a statement to Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovych. The statement said the draft resolution is of
serious concern to the Turkic-speaking peoples living in Ukraine,
especially the Azerbaijanis.
Armenia commemorates the alleged "Armenian genocide" on April 24 each
year. Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that Turkey's predecessor,
the Ottoman Empire, committed genocide in 1915 against Armenians,
an allegation dismissed by Ankara.
Their efforts have even resulted in the recognition of the "Armenian
genocide" by the parliaments of several countries.
Historians note that during those developments, Armenians began an
uprising, taking up arms against Turkey. To counter those actions,
the Ottoman Empire decided to resettle the Armenians. The latter claim
that their predecessors were subjected to genocide in the process.
http://www.azernews.az/region/57642.html
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Aug 1 2013
1 August 2013, 20:22 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Ukrainian Rada (parliament) has refused to discuss the so-called
Armenian genocide issue.
The human rights and interethnic relations committee of the Ukrainian
parliament refused to submit a draft law on the recognition of the
alleged World War I-era genocide to the legislature for discussions.
Ethnic Armenian members of the Verkhovna Rada, Arsen Avakov (Yulia
Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna or Fatherland party) and Vilen Shatvoryan
(the ruling Party of Regions), had prepared the draft resolution and
the bill was registered by the Rada secretariat.
The parliamentary committee deemed adoption of such a document by
the Ukrainian parliament as "contrary to the reality."
Members of the committee pointed out that such documents could be
passed only after historians study the issue and arrive at a common
decision. Moreover, passage of such a document could undermine the
friendship among the nations living in Ukraine, they said.
In this regard, a message signed by a group of Rada members has been
sent to the Ukrainian Azerbaijanis Congress. The message says the bill
was sent back and there is no need for any discontent of Azerbaijanis
and other Turkic-speaking peoples living in Ukraine.
In June, the Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis (CUA), Azerbaijani
Youth Association of Ukraine and representatives of the Azerbaijani
Council of Elders in Ukraine sent a statement to Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovych. The statement said the draft resolution is of
serious concern to the Turkic-speaking peoples living in Ukraine,
especially the Azerbaijanis.
Armenia commemorates the alleged "Armenian genocide" on April 24 each
year. Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that Turkey's predecessor,
the Ottoman Empire, committed genocide in 1915 against Armenians,
an allegation dismissed by Ankara.
Their efforts have even resulted in the recognition of the "Armenian
genocide" by the parliaments of several countries.
Historians note that during those developments, Armenians began an
uprising, taking up arms against Turkey. To counter those actions,
the Ottoman Empire decided to resettle the Armenians. The latter claim
that their predecessors were subjected to genocide in the process.
http://www.azernews.az/region/57642.html