March 11, 2010 - 21:44 AMT
Members of Swedish government try to prevent adoption of Armenian Genocide resolution

Resolution of the Swedish Parliament on the Armenian Genocide is an appeal to the government of the country to recognize the Armenian Genocide. As Vahagn Avedyan, head of the Armenian Association of Sweden told PanARMENIAN.Net, the opposition of Sweden supported the adoption of the resolution, while government officials have tried to block this decision. "Of course, the recognition by the Swedish Parliament of the Armenian Genocide is an important event, but now the question is whether the Swedish government would pursue the foreign policy coherent to the Armenian Genocide resolution,” Avedyan stressed.

The Majority of the Swedish parliament voted in favor of the Armenian genocide resolution (131 votes in favor against 130). The resolution describes the mass killings of Armenians and other Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey) by the end of World War I as Genocide.