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    ARMENIA PRAISES GREECE FOR LAW BANNING DENIAL OF GENOCIDE

    eKathimerini, Greece
    Sept 10 2014

    Armenia on Wednesday praised Greece for approving a law banning the
    denial of genocide as Yerevan calls for the massacre of Armenians
    during World War I in present-day Turkey to be internationally
    recognised as genocide.

    "Armenia welcomes the adoption of a bill on September 9 by the Greek
    parliament, which criminalises the denial of genocides," Armenian
    Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a statement.

    "The adoption of this bill... is an important step towards the
    prevention of genocides and other heinous crimes against humanity,"
    he added.

    After a year of debates, the Greek parliament on Tuesday passed a new
    law that punishes those denying or praising the Holocaust, genocide
    and war crimes against humanity.

    Armenia has long sought for 1915 massacres by the Ottoman Empire
    in which it says up to 1.5 million people were killed to be
    internationally recognised as genocide.

    Turkey has fiercely rejected the term, arguing that 300,000 to
    500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife
    when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with
    invading Russian troops.

    [AFP]

    http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_10/09/2014_542795


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