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From: "Nineb Lamassu" <nineb@firodil.co.uk>
To: <info@firodil.co.uk>
Subject: Assyrian and Armenian Genocide News
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:14:34 +0100
Below are some updates on the activities of the Assyrian and Armenian community on the recognition of the Armenian and Assyrian genocide. These are the fruits of working together. We hope that we can initiate contact with the Pontus Greeks also here in UK. In unity there is strength and if we – all three communities – work together we can achieve the recognition which we all strive towards.
Majority of Welsh Members of UK Parliament Recognize The Assyrian and Armenian Genocide
06.06.2006 12:09
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - Following intensive lobbying from the above organization, over half the eligible Welsh Representatives of the UK Parliament have signed a motion recognizing the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide of 1915.
“This is a historic day for Wales. "There can no longer be any doubt that Wales has recognized the Armenian and Assyrian Genocides. We will continue to expose this government denial of the genocide in order to protect British investment in Turkey and to further Britain's strategic interests in the region. Our priority will be to put the issue of restitution and reparations for the genocide on the political agenda.
The reunification of Armenia must no longer be a taboo subject during Turkey's accession talks. We in Wales can raise our voice to insist that Turkey should yield back land to the Armenian nation if she is to accede to the European Union,” said a spokesman for Wales-Armenia Solidarity.
http://www.yerkir.am/eng/index.php?sub=news_arm&id=24306
6 June 2006 - Parliamentary News
Steve has put the Genocides of Armenians and Assyrians on the agenda with an adjournment debate on(Wednesday, 7th June) Westminster Hall.
Steve has long held an interest in this issue and it is a particularly poignant point for many Ealing residents who are Assyrian or of Armenian descent. Steve has raised these issues before in parliament during debates about the Christian community in Iraq.
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