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EP CALLS ON EU MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE 1915 EVENTS AS GENOCIDE
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 13 2015
STRASBOURG
The European Parliament has called on EU member states to recognize
the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 as genocide.
The EP adopted the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in
the World 2013 and the EU policy on the matter on March 12.
Article 77 of the adopted report "calls, ahead of the 100th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on all the member states to
legally acknowledge it, and encourages the member states and the EU
institutions to contribute further to its recognition."
Armenia says up to 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians were killed in a
genocide starting in 1915. Turkey denies that the deaths amounted
to genocide, saying the death toll of Armenians killed during mass
deportations has been inflated and that those killed in 1915 and 1916
were victims of general unrest during World War I.
The latest report is approved by a majority of votes at the European
Parliament, which had recognized the events as genocide in 1987.
Around 20 countries have taken a similar position on the issue so far.
The center-right European People's Party (EPP) and far-rightists,
including the French politician Marine Le Pen, have recently been
calling on member states to recognize the 1915 events as genocide.
March/13/2015
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ep-calls-on-eu-members-to-recognize-1915-events-as-genocide.aspx?pageID=238&nID=79625&NewsCatID=351
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 13 2015
STRASBOURG
The European Parliament has called on EU member states to recognize
the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 as genocide.
The EP adopted the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in
the World 2013 and the EU policy on the matter on March 12.
Article 77 of the adopted report "calls, ahead of the 100th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on all the member states to
legally acknowledge it, and encourages the member states and the EU
institutions to contribute further to its recognition."
Armenia says up to 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians were killed in a
genocide starting in 1915. Turkey denies that the deaths amounted
to genocide, saying the death toll of Armenians killed during mass
deportations has been inflated and that those killed in 1915 and 1916
were victims of general unrest during World War I.
The latest report is approved by a majority of votes at the European
Parliament, which had recognized the events as genocide in 1987.
Around 20 countries have taken a similar position on the issue so far.
The center-right European People's Party (EPP) and far-rightists,
including the French politician Marine Le Pen, have recently been
calling on member states to recognize the 1915 events as genocide.
March/13/2015
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ep-calls-on-eu-members-to-recognize-1915-events-as-genocide.aspx?pageID=238&nID=79625&NewsCatID=351
From: A. Papazian