EAFJD: to pass in silence over Genocide becomes a serious act of complicity with Turkish denials

PanARMENIAN.Net - "We greet the political courage of the deputies of the Foreign Affairs Committee which knew how to reject the cynicism of Ankara" declared Hilda Tchoboian, the President of the Euro-Armenian Federation, and continued, "We also want to pay tribute to the hundreds of American activists, organizations of defense of the human rights, people from all religions, all minorities, and to the Armenian organizations of the United States which carried out this struggle of civilization against cruelty".



The Euro-Armenian Federation points out that Mr. Babacan, with whom Europe negotiates the accession of Turkey, recently threatened openly the Jewish minority of Turkey because the United States Jewish community supports the resolution H.R.106. It also informs that the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr Erdogan has asked the Turkish Parliament, which is controlled by his party, the AKP, to authorize the invasion of the North of Iraq in reprisal to the vote of the American representatives. The U.S. State Department has issued a warning to the American residents in Turkey of possible violence against them, the EAFJD told PanARMENIAN.Net



"These extreme and disproportionate measures show that the Turkish government has a long way to go before reaching the values and use of moderation which are those of Europe. They also prove that Turkey which fallaciously sells to us that it is a factor of peace and stability, in fact constitutes a regional threat" continued the EAFJD President.



"In the United States as in Europe, to pass in silence over the Genocide becomes a serious act of complicity with the Turkish denials. We expect the European Parliament to become, once again the voice of conscience of Europe," concluded Hilda Tchoboian. The Euro-Armenian Federation requests the European Parliament that it demands, in all European acts and resolutions on Turkey, that the latter stops its practice of denial. It announces that the 2nd Convention of the Armenians of Europe which will be held in the European Parliament on 15 and 16 October 2007, will pay tribute to the European members of Parliament who voted, 20 years ago, the first international recognition of the genocide. The session on the afternoon of the 16th, will be dedicated to the topic of the recognitions and the denials. Mr. Aram Hamparian, director of Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) will give an account of the vote in the American congress.