British House of Lords debated over Armenian Genocide
Politics, Daily news | ankakh | June 21, 2011 15:40
“Undoubtedly, the treatment of Armenians has been most horrible and caused deaths of hundreds of thousands. These victims must never be forgotten, but we believe that due time has come for Armenian and Turkish people to start a joint work into their shared history. We encourage any initiative contributing to the open, fair and constructive negotiation process, however early conclusions might not be of any possible good for us,” said David Howell, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
“France has already recognized the Armenian Genocide. One and a half million people were killed in 1915. I have just returned from Armenia, I visited the Genocide Museum. I am sure that many of the House members have visited the Holocaust Museum. This is no less exciting, shocking and horrific than the Holocaust Museum. There exist so much evidence and the events have been widely reported at the time. Each newspaper in each country wrote about the massacre. It is high time we recognized the Armenian Genocide,” said Baroness Shreela Flather.
“Journalists and writers using the G word are under constant danger of persecution in Turkey. Some of them have already been brought under trial. Many of school textbooks, made by Turkish Government deny the Armenian Genocide. Such censorship of public debate and education is unacceptable for a nation, making for European Union,” added Baroness Caroline Cox.
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