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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
From: Baghdasarian
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
From: Baghdasarian