FAON: It's absurd that Armenian Genocide is not included in the law against denialApril 19, 2007 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Federation of Armenian Organizations in the Netherlands (FAON) has urgently requested the Dutch government to not agree in Brussels with a directive criminalising denial and trivializing of the genocide. The PanARMENIAN.Net journalist was told in FAON that Federation's call is grounded with the fact that the Armenian Genocide is not included in the document. The FAON asks an urgent consultation and requests meanwhile to not take irreversible steps such as the approval of the European directives, if they would imply such an exclusion. "The FAON finds it absurd and unacceptable, that exactly this first great Genocide of the 20th century, which is systematically denied by Turkey in line with the Turkish denialist policy, would be excluded. Such a distinction between historical events would mean a flagrant inequality and would be a big and unacceptable contempt towards the destiny of the Armenians by Europe. Still more than that, it shows Europe on its knees before the aggressive denialist practices of Turkey and the umpteenth success by Turkey in Europe for that denialist policy," says the FAON statement. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenian government besieged by protesters Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan poured into Yerevan’s Republic Square to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |