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  • ANKARA: Australian FM: Armenian case not Genocide

    Daily Sabah, Turkey
    July 23 2014

    AUSTRALIAN FM: ARMENIAN CASE NOT GENOCIDE

    Published : 23.07.2014 19:28:23


    WASHINGTON, DC - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop informed the
    Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance (ATA-Australia) that it was
    Australian foreign policy not to define the Armenian case as genocide,
    and that it was unconstitutional for Australian territories to
    promulgate their own foreign policy. The Foreign Minister's policy
    affirmation was in response to the inquiry of Barrister and
    ATA-Australia Sydney President Ertunc Ozen in the wake of a New South
    Wales parliamentary resolution wrongfully defining the Armenian case
    as genocide.

    ATAA and ATA-Australia commenced cooperation last March when
    Australian Turks hosted ATAA past president and current Trustee Gunay
    Evinch to speak on best practices in public advocacy. Evinch, gave the
    example of the case of Movsesian, explained that the United States
    Supreme Court let stand a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision
    invalidating a California law that had defined the Armenian case as
    genocide, because it was U.S. federal policy not to define the
    Armenian case as genocide, and to encourage further research, debate,
    discussion and dialogue on the matter. Evinch stated the Australian
    constitution provided similar protections. During his visit to
    Australia ATAA Trustee Gunay Evinch met with ATA-Australia Syndey
    President Ertunc Ozen and Federal MP Craig Laundy.

    ATAA - ATA-Australia collaboration is a part of a broader
    Anglo-Turkish Diaspora Cooperation Program in which Turks in the
    United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Jersey share
    best practices based on a common jurisprudential and political
    heritage. ATAA hosted ATA-Australia at the Turkish American National
    Leadership Conference and Washington DC Gallipoli Memorial last April.

    See the image of the letter of the FM to ATAA at
    http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/07/23/australian-fm-armenian-case-not-genocide


    From: Baghdasarian
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