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"WHY DOESN'T ARMENIA RECOGNIZE HOLODOMOR?" UKRAINIAN MP ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
03.17.2015 13:26 epress.am
The Armenian authorities have already made their decision and it
has absolutely no connection with the European Union but instead is
tied to Moscow, said Ukrainian Parliament MP, Co-chair of Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly Borys Tarasyuk in an interview with Zhoghovurd
daily while in Yerevan for the Euronest sessions taking place from
March 17-18.
He noted that even if Armenia were to sign any document with the
EU in the future, it would not drastically change Armenia's and the
Armenian authorities' orientation towards Moscow.
When asked by a Zhoghovurd journalist as to what he thinks about
Turkey's decision to commemorate the anniversary of the battle of
Gallipoli on April 24, Tarasyuk stressed that he did not wish to get
involved in Armenian-Turkish, or Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
The Ukrainian MP recalled that in the 1930's about 7 million Ukrainians
died during a planned famine (Holodomor) during Stalin's reign of
terror. According to him, Ukraine expresses its condolences for any
people who have been subject to mass murder; "However, now I ask you,
why does Armenia deny the existence of Holodomor in all possible
ways? For example, I think that the Armenian Genocide is a crime,
then why does Armenia and Armenians not consider the death of 7
million Ukrainians as Genocide?"
MPs from EU's Eastern Partnership countries are in Yerevan from
March 17-18 to participate in the Fourth Session of the Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/03/17/%E2%80%9Cwhy-doesn%E2%80%99t-armenia-recognize-holodomor%E2%80%9D-ukrainian-mp-about-the-armenian-genocide.html
From: Baghdasarian
03.17.2015 13:26 epress.am
The Armenian authorities have already made their decision and it
has absolutely no connection with the European Union but instead is
tied to Moscow, said Ukrainian Parliament MP, Co-chair of Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly Borys Tarasyuk in an interview with Zhoghovurd
daily while in Yerevan for the Euronest sessions taking place from
March 17-18.
He noted that even if Armenia were to sign any document with the
EU in the future, it would not drastically change Armenia's and the
Armenian authorities' orientation towards Moscow.
When asked by a Zhoghovurd journalist as to what he thinks about
Turkey's decision to commemorate the anniversary of the battle of
Gallipoli on April 24, Tarasyuk stressed that he did not wish to get
involved in Armenian-Turkish, or Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
The Ukrainian MP recalled that in the 1930's about 7 million Ukrainians
died during a planned famine (Holodomor) during Stalin's reign of
terror. According to him, Ukraine expresses its condolences for any
people who have been subject to mass murder; "However, now I ask you,
why does Armenia deny the existence of Holodomor in all possible
ways? For example, I think that the Armenian Genocide is a crime,
then why does Armenia and Armenians not consider the death of 7
million Ukrainians as Genocide?"
MPs from EU's Eastern Partnership countries are in Yerevan from
March 17-18 to participate in the Fourth Session of the Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/03/17/%E2%80%9Cwhy-doesn%E2%80%99t-armenia-recognize-holodomor%E2%80%9D-ukrainian-mp-about-the-armenian-genocide.html
From: Baghdasarian