DO NOT RENOUNCE GENOCIDE
Support A1+!European Parliament deputies proposed 236 amendments aimed at improving the draft resolution on “EU-Turkey Relations”. The draft text of this document was prepared by Mrs. Oomen-Ruijten (Christian-democrats, Netherlands). Numerous amendments, proposed by MEPs from various political parties, aim to address Armenian issues, which were fully censored in the draft text.
Hence, Turkey’s will to exclude Armenia from regional projects and its direct blockade of Armenia are denounced by several amendments including those from Conservatives (EPP), Liberals (Lib/Dem), Souverainists (UEN) and Socialists (PSE). These amendments as well as those by the Leftists (GUE) reiterate the requirement that Ankara recognize the Armenian Genocide and put an end to its official policy of denial. The texts of all of these amendments are available.
The European Armenian Federation urges the European deputies to vote for the amendments that clearly call on Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, to end its official policy of denial, to withdraw its blockade of Armenia and to end its policy of by-passing Armenia in regional projects.
The resolution will be voted on in the Foreign Affairs committee this Wednesday, the 3rd of October.
