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April 16 2015
Sajjad Karim welcomes European Parliament's recognition of Armenian genocide
EU Reporter Correspondent |
MEP Sajjad Karim MEP (pictured), who chairs the European Parliament
Delegation to the European Parliament/Armenia Parliamentary
Co-operation Committee, today (16 April) welcomed the adoption by the
European Parliament Plenary of a Joint Resolution on the 100th
Anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
MEPs paid tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million innocent Armenian
victims who perished in 1915-1917. While these tragic events took
place in the times of the Ottoman Empire, the European Parliament has
reiterated its formal position, adopted as early as 1987, that
genocide did in fact take place, as defined by the Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948.
This resolution follows both the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and
the European Parliament/Armenia Parliamentary Co-operation Committee
adopting similar texts in mid-March. The joint European
Parliament/Armenia PCC statement, in particular, had strongly hoped
that the legacy of the past could be overcome by the normalization of
Turkey-Armenia relations, without any preconditions.
The European Parliament Plenary, in turn, encourages both countries to
focus on an agenda that puts cooperation between both their people
first, believing this will contribute to historical reconciliation.
As chairman of the PCC, Dr Karim said: "While it is legitimate for
the European Parliament to be taking a particular viewpoint on the
issue, we also want to encourage both Turkey and Armenia to move in a
direction which allows them to come to terms with this particular
aspect of their shared history, and to start to take steps towards
much closer, neighbourly relations."
http://www.eureporter.co/world/2015/04/16/sajjad-karim-welcomes-european-parliaments-recognition-of-armenian-genocide/
April 16 2015
Sajjad Karim welcomes European Parliament's recognition of Armenian genocide
EU Reporter Correspondent |
MEP Sajjad Karim MEP (pictured), who chairs the European Parliament
Delegation to the European Parliament/Armenia Parliamentary
Co-operation Committee, today (16 April) welcomed the adoption by the
European Parliament Plenary of a Joint Resolution on the 100th
Anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
MEPs paid tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million innocent Armenian
victims who perished in 1915-1917. While these tragic events took
place in the times of the Ottoman Empire, the European Parliament has
reiterated its formal position, adopted as early as 1987, that
genocide did in fact take place, as defined by the Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948.
This resolution follows both the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and
the European Parliament/Armenia Parliamentary Co-operation Committee
adopting similar texts in mid-March. The joint European
Parliament/Armenia PCC statement, in particular, had strongly hoped
that the legacy of the past could be overcome by the normalization of
Turkey-Armenia relations, without any preconditions.
The European Parliament Plenary, in turn, encourages both countries to
focus on an agenda that puts cooperation between both their people
first, believing this will contribute to historical reconciliation.
As chairman of the PCC, Dr Karim said: "While it is legitimate for
the European Parliament to be taking a particular viewpoint on the
issue, we also want to encourage both Turkey and Armenia to move in a
direction which allows them to come to terms with this particular
aspect of their shared history, and to start to take steps towards
much closer, neighbourly relations."
http://www.eureporter.co/world/2015/04/16/sajjad-karim-welcomes-european-parliaments-recognition-of-armenian-genocide/